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Originally Posted by BF1
Chip00, this is a very interesting lecture, congratulations for your post, I have a question, when you speak of an architect/engineer, do you mean just one of them can do the work required to present the project or an architect is needed to design the house and an engineer to do resistance calculations etc.?
Do you know any of them in the Santo Domingo - Boca Chica area you can recommend ?
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Typically an architect will layout the floorplan of the house and the engineer will calculate the loads. However, as is the case in the US, many homes are built even without an engineer, but an experienced(hopefully) maestro. A good maestro will use a design that is overbuilt and can be put just about anywhere on this island as long as they put the foundation deep enough. I don't know any architects or engineers in the capital, but if you have an idea of a floor plan you can talk to my buddy who is a maestro and works with an engineer.