What is the goal of a "timber framer" stamp? What are you wanting to do that currently falls under someone else's stamp? Or who are you trying to remove from the process (grader, engineer, architect...)? By eliminating that profession, are timber framers taking on the combined professional liability of each of these profession? If this is part of a timber framer stamp, are you placing responsibility and liability on some timber frame shops that may not want it? Food for thought...


Steve Tracy
Minneapolis Minnesota
www.bigrivertimberworks.com