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Demetria Boatwright is a structural engineering intern at Raths, Raths & Johnson, Inc., a national engineering, architecture, and forensics consulting practice. She has experience with a variety of projects involving condition assessment, field investigation, forensic research, and documentation of structural components and systems, and distressed buildings. She is a member of the Construction Specifications Institute, Chicago Chapter and received both her Master of Engineering in Structural Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology.
Assigning the design of a complex system or component to a specialized subcontractor can save time and money, but doesn’t come without risks. Building envelope professionals must be careful to defend against confusion over design responsibilities and liabilities
