Manufactured Housing Services

Criterium-Chipman Engineers provides foundation designs and inspections for dealers, lenders, and buyers of manufactured and mobile housing. Experience, organization, and economy of scale allow us to offer the following services at very reasonable cost:

H.U.D. Permanent Foundation designs

We prepare foundation designs for new manufactured homes. Certain public housing and low interest lending programs administered by agencies such as F.H.A. specify foundations that meet the guidelines in HUD Handbook 007487 (formerly 4930.3.) and HUD Directive 4145.1. The requirements are more stringent than the North Carolina regulations for manufactured housing. Those designs must be signed and sealed by a Professional Engineer.

H.U.D. Permanent Foundation Inspections

When a manufactured building is already set up, we inspect its foundation at the site. Foundations that meet HUD prescriptive requirements are certified. Otherwise, we provide specific recommendations for meeting the specifications.

Freddie Mac Foundation Inspections

We provide the inspections and certifications needed to qualify new and existing manufactured homes for low interest Freddie Mac loan programs.

Building Code Compliance Inspections and Designs

When conditions at the site or other circumstances exceed the prescribed limits of the state regulations, we engineer the designs that make manufactured buildings safe and durable.

Weather and other circumstances permitting, we perform foundation inspections and send the report within three days after we receive the order.

Be sure to include driving instructions or a map that directs our technician to the site.

Also, be sure to read the HUD Requirements before you place your order.

Click below for an inspection order form that you can print and FAX back for manufactured housing foundation inspection:
•  North Carolina
•  South Carolina

This information is provided as a courtesy to help illustrate some of the H.U.D. Permanent Foundation requirements that apply in our local area. This list does not purport to be a complete manual of accepted good practice.

Other building code and engineering considerations may apply to various situations. Meeting the requirements listed above does not assure that the installation can be certified. However, the installation will not be approved unless all the above details are provided.