So today I decided to try to get all the paperwork together for the city.
When I reviewed the engineering plans I couldn't see any mention of the steps. The plans are quite extensive but they are almost in a different language. I'm having a really difficult time trying to decipher them. I sent an email to make sure the steps were covered.
Then I started reading the document the city sent me. I still have no idea what they want. For instance, this sentence "label any additional reviewer-specific paperwork accordingly". I have no idea what they mean. There's a lot of this sort of vague language that I don't understand.
The other thing they say is to provide 2 sets of full sized drawings and 1 set of reduced sized drawings (to a specific scale). The drawings the engineer gave me were 8 1/2 x 11 but he assured me this was sufficient.
Google sketchup is a really cool tool at making the drawings but getting them to print properly is pretty difficult. Everything I've read supports this. My problem is trying to get them to print on 11x17. My printer won't print these big pages so I have to take the drawing to a printer. But, if it doesn't print right, back to the house to adjust, rinse, and repeat. Not looking forward to it.
Anyways, I shot off a lot of questions to Michael and Renee about exactly what I'm supposed to give them.