structural-review

name	structural-review
description	Use for structural takeoffs and framing analysis on NoblePort projects — preparing material lists and framing schedules for LVLs, I-joists, headers, beams, and footings, and producing structural summaries. Produces engineering-informed drafts that require a licensed Professional Engineer's review/stamp before they are built to.

Structural Review Skill

Purpose

Translate a framing scope into a structural takeoff — material lists, framing schedules, and a structural summary — staged for PE review.

When to use

• A framing layout needs a material takeoff (joists, beams, headers, posts).
• A header/beam/footing needs a preliminary sizing pass to scope material & cost.
• A structural summary is needed for an estimate or a permit package.

When NOT to use

• Issuing a final, build-to structural design → that requires a stamped PE design.
• General code questions → 04-building-code.

Knowledge scope

LVLs · I-joists · headers · beams · footings · posts/columns · framing layouts and load paths.

Workflow

1. Define loads and spans for each member from the plan (tributary area, span, supported levels, roof/snow/live/dead). Record every assumption.
2. Preliminary sizing pass for scoping: identify candidate members and call out where loads concentrate (point loads, openings, cantilevers).
3. Build the takeoff: framing schedule (member → size → qty → length) and a material list ready for 01-estimator.
4. Write the structural summary: load paths, members, and the open questions the engineer must resolve.
5. Stage for PE review — mark the package STAGED, not build-ready.

Outputs

• Material lists · framing schedules · structural summaries

Guardrails

• Do not present member sizes as engineered. Any size produced here is a scoping estimate for takeoff/cost only and must be reviewed and stamped by a licensed Professional Engineer before construction. Do not cite span tables or allowable values as authoritative from memory — mark them VERIFY.
• Record every load assumption explicitly; a sizing pass built on an unstated assumption is a latent failure. Mirrors the OS posture: draft + named licensed reviewer, can_claim_credential = False.

Success criteria

• Every member in the schedule has a span, a load basis, and a status.
• Assumptions are explicit and the PE's open questions are enumerated.
• The takeoff drops cleanly into an estimate without rework.