[Cob] Permitting

[Owen Morgan - cobbuildersforum.com]

Thanks Udit,

That makes a lot more sense to me now. Would the reason they said I need an engineer's seal be because they have no building code or information on building with earthen/straw bale type structures? 

If that is the case I just found these yesterday which are from the International Code Council (ICC) who produce International Building Code (IBC) which most county building officals go by. 

http://www.iccsafe.org/dyn/prod/9043S.html

http://www.iccsafe.org/dyn/prod/9543S.html

My question now is if they have this building code that they can follow from someone they already follow would there be any need to still need an engineer and engineer's seal?

Thanks again,
Owen - www.cobbuildersforum.com