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	Name:	flatlander -
	Subject:	Need a civil engineer
	Date:	7/22/2012 11:54:34 AM

Gentlemen:

    All good suggestions and rapid responses to my question about a civil engineer. I am impressed with the level of support residents give each other at Smith Lake. Thank you.

    My problem is not immediate, and not easily handled with do-it-myself construction. My house is only 10 years old and very well built. My concern is about an approximate 2 inch drop in the second floor toward the lake side of the house and cracks in the concrete in the "basement" (lake walk out level). A screened in porch covers the lake side of the second floor and is supported by 4X6 beams resting on a concrete slab that serves as the first-floor walk out.

    The house is about 35 feet above the water and no more than 75 feet back.

    I "think" the long-term problem is a lack of a good foundation under the concrete slab. The builder thought the slab could hold the screened in porch, but I happen to think this is a long-term problem in the making.

    I had good luck working with a retired engineer on a lake house back in flat old Illinois. I'm looking for some similar arrangement where a civil engineer can supervise a contractor or two. I'm not interested in doing it cheap, just right.

    How can I find a civil engineer around here without going to a commercial firm? Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

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