Blue prints

[moparpollack]

Can blue prints for a building be used more than once? My city requires a blue print for a building before it goes up and my builder said it would be $500 for the blue prints. Am I getting shafted on this one ? This is for a weld up 30'x 40' shop nothing extreme.

 

[jabberwoki]

Over here they have to have the lot number or the address on them.

 

[1320stang]

Why couldn't they be used more than once? We have 2 or 3 libraries in OKC that all used the same plans.

I'd find a different builder, I bet he already knows the rules.

 

[PAToyota]

It depends on what the local jurisdiction requires. Obviously, the site plan has to be of the property you're building on. Also, foundation plans specific to your conditions could be required.

 

[moparpollack]

The foundation isn't the problem since they are set at 4" with rebar. It's Sunday I can't call the city but it just seems a lot of a piece of paper that will get thrown in a file and forgotten.

 

[jabberwoki]

The foundation isn't the problem since they are set at 4" with rebar. It's Sunday I can't call the city but it just seems a lot of a piece of paper that will get thrown in a file and forgotten.

Don`t underestimate the hoops those public servent wankers WILL make you jump through talk to someone in your area first before you go in it`s somthing you only want to do once.

 

[rsanter]

the prints can be used over and over but the engineer has rights over them and will want a fee because he stamped them and if you built 10 buildings from them then he has 10x the liability
generally the engineer/arcitect kind of owns the plans and you have the right to use them once unless you make a different deal with them

bob

 

[blue dog]

the prints can be used over and over but the engineer has rights over them and will want a fee because he stamped them and if you built 10 buildings from them then he has 10x the liability
generally the engineer/arcitect kind of owns the plans and you have the right to use them once unless you make a different deal with them

bob

well said.

 

[TMCCuda]

Architectural building plans are copyrighted. The builder is probably is dotting his i's and crossing his t's by getting an original set from the designer. Maybe the municipality insists on originals. If steel is involved, then a structural engineer may have done some design work.

If the $500 bothers you, I would have him list other costs involved in paperwork and permitting before going any further.

 

[GeorgiaHybrid]

rsanter has it right. You purchase the right to use those plans for ONE building. If you want to build another, you need to pay again. The person that made the plans has the intellectual property rights to them.

 

[Shadowdog500]

When I first got the blueprints for my Morton building I was blown over at the level of detail and effort that went into them. There were about ten pages of detail on every aspect of the building, including all of the specifications required by my town. (Snow load, wind load, etc.) Each page was sealed by the architect. It also had a sealed page from the truss manufacturer. Each page was roughly 2' by 3' and they were bound together like a book. I got about 10 copies which seems like a lot, till the code official wanted several copies, and each trades person involved in the building wanted a copy.

I could easily see how those blue prints cost $500 to $1,000.

Chris