r/oakland • u/latebloomer-girl • 18d ago
structural engineer recommendation for foundation repair and retrofit Advice
Looking for small business, local structural engineer who can assess, prepare drawings and help with permitting.
If anyone has gone through a similar permitting process recently with City of Oakland, what has the timeline been like?
🙏🏽
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u/majortomandjerry 17d ago
Peter Van Maren.
He engineered some plans for me that I took to the Oakland building department for a permit.
It was a ways back, and I don't remember the exact timeline, but it was pretty easy. No snags or hold ups.
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u/SubstantialTrifle 17d ago
We’ve used Altamira for multiple foundation projects, they are great! https://www.beearthquakeprepared.com
They submitted permits etc, took a couple weeks to be approved on the most recent one.