That time I had to redo an entire set of foundation plans in 48 hours

It was a Tuesday morning and the lead engineer called me into his office. He pointed at my drawings for a new clinic in Dayton and said, 'The soil report just came back, the bearing capacity is half what we thought.' My heart sank. I had spent two weeks on those plans. I had to re-calc every footing, adjust all the rebar schedules, and re-draft the whole set from scratch. I lived on coffee and worked until 2 AM for two nights straight. The worst part was knowing it wasn't my fault, but it was still my problem to fix. Has anyone else had a last-minute site condition change blow up your schedule like that? How do you build in time for that kind of surprise?

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stone.evan7d ago

Half the bearing capacity sounds like a big deal.

cole_bailey857d ago

Yeah, I saw a study on that.