Why Use Shearwall Pro
Why Use Shearwall Pro
The traditional way for a wood-framed building to get the lateral design engineered is for the home designer / architect to provide the building design to the engineer and then wait.
All engineers are busy and for even the simplest of projects, it can often be a several week, if not a month or more, turn around time until the home designer knows if their design is practical or not from a lateral design perspective. Wouldn't it be nice if the home designer / architect can perform the lateral design as they are drawing the house to know if what they are designing works or not?
With Shearwall Pro, the lateral design is put into the hands of the home designer / architect while still providing an engineered design. You enter the building information, Shearwall Pro calculates the shearwalls and holdowns for you.
When designing a house or other wood-framed building, the designer's timeline goes something like this:
Typical Building Design Timeline
Sign Contract with Client
Sign the contract with your client to design their building.
Client Approves Final Design
Your client approves the design and now you sent it to the engineer for the lateral design.
Send Project to the Engineer
Send your project to the engineer and get on their timeline.
Receive Engineering Design from the Engineer
Typically, about a month later you receive the lateral design back from the engineer.
Coordinate Your Drawings with the Engineer's Drawings
Coordinate your drawings with the engineer's requirements.
Building Design Timeline Using Shearwall Pro
Sign Contract with Client
Sign the contract with your client to design their building.
Client Approves Final Design
As you are designing the building, you can be working out what the lateral design is and you already know what the engineering will look like because you worked out what the shearwalls are!
Receive Engineering Design from the Shearwall Pro Engineer
You will receive engineering drawings and calculations back within a week for the lateral design of your building and you are ready to submit for permit.
Time Savings!
Using Shearwall Pro makes your work process faster and that in turn makes you more competitive.