Don,
Harking back to your original question, there are plenty of Guild members who could help you design a frame to your spec, but the crux seems to be that you need a PE stamp on your plans and are hunting for an experienced timber engineer registered in Alabama. I am sure you can appreciate that Guild cannot be in the referral business when it means recommending one member over another. However this seems not to be a problem in your part of the world.
I suggest the following:
1. Check the Guild roster for fellow Alabamians and see if any of them has a working relationship with an Alabama PE.
2. Post your question on the Guild Guestbook (
http://www.tfguild.org/guestbook.html) and also at the TFG Bulletin Board (
http://www.tfguild.org/wwwboard/wwwboard.html) in the hope that a bigger net may catch more fish.
Don't know a candidate myself, but am checking with several timber engineers of my acquaintance to see if one of them can recommend someone with an Alabama stamp.
Good luck,
Ed
[This message has been edited by Ed Levin (edited 04-29-99).]