Custom Homes

This featured home, built in Los Altos Hills, California is a 5700 sq-ft. 2 story home with 1600 sq-ft basement. The home has a wood frame with plywood shearwalls and steel moment frames as lateral load bracing.

Jakaby Engineering was responsible for complete structural design and construction documents.  Work included:  Site development, grading and drainage plan, pool deck and retaining walls, plywood diaphragm, collectors and chord design, shear transfer and overturning, and wood framing design and detail for this hillside home.