I have not heard of an engineer that will just stamp a drawing for a fee to get some extra money and make something "legit". I'm sure there are some out there somewhere, but all PE's I know will only do what they are qualified for and will not jeopardize their reputation or their career. A PE with a jeopardized reputation might as well hang up his career. And I wouldn't gamble the company I work for by getting a PE to stamp our drawings that was not "qualified". I'm sure the repercussions would affect us as well, not just him.
If we do our job correctly as designers and we are required to get a PE, and we hire a qualified PE, I do not see the problem with this. The problem lies when we don't do our job's correctly and we research and find someone with a PE stamp willing to just sign off, yes there is a huge problem and the repercussions will come. Sadly enough I'm sure that has happened. Bobby Gillett Sr. Project Manager Key Fire Protection, Inc. (731) 424-0130 office (731) 424-9285 fax (731) 267-4853 cell <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Hewitt Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 11:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Louisiana Professional of Record question Also, you stated "Seems to me the design doesn't exist until the PE signs the drawing and supporting paper (like spec's, calc's, etc). A signed drawing is a design everything else up to that point is?...but random lines on a paper? How the design got to exist is semantics? I cannot disagree more. Just because someone went and got a PE, any willing page stamper to seal their drawing does NOT make it a design at that point. It is not a legal design if the stamp is not legit, i.e. stamped by a QUALIFIED PE. ALL that it means is that they tried to "game" the system to get their permit. How is the public safety served by such abuse? Jeff Hewitt, PE, SET, SFPE (Professional Member) Corporate Engineer Bi-State Fire Protection Corporation 241 Hughes Lane St. Charles, MO 63301 636-946-0011 636-946-5172 (fax) 314-574-6989 (cell) Fire Sprinklers Save lives. Can You Live Without Them? _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
