On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:18:33 -0500, Yadda wrote:

Howdy, how would I go about hiring someone to inspect possible
design/structural problems? I don't want to hire a home inspector as
such as I have heard it is better to hire a construction
engineer(?)...Advice??? TIA, Dan

I am sure you can find an engineer to contract from the Yellow Pages.
If I were inspecting a house to buy, and it had possible structural
issues, I'd walk away form the house and keep looking. Same thing if
I saw water damage.