The legal requirements and opinions that count are based in/on the jurisdiction(s) controlling the project. However, it may benefit you to see an example of a state engineering licensing board opinion such as these from Alabama seen at:
http://www.bels.alabama.gov/pdf/opinions/Fire%20Protection%20Letter%20&%20Statement.pdf http://www.bels.alabama.gov/pdf/rulings/2009-Direct%20Control%20&%20Supervision.pdf Other national level links of interest that may influence the State positions are seen at: http://www.nspe.org/resources/issues-and-advocacy/take-action/position-statements/sfpenspenicet-joint-position-engineer http://www.nspe.org/sites/default/files/resources/GR%20downloadables/SFPE%20NSPE%20NICET%20Joint%20Position.pdf Respectfully, David Blackwell David Blackwell, P.E. Chief Engineer (803)896-9833 http://scfiremarshal.llronline.com/EngServices/index.asp?file=main.htm Office of State Fire Marshal 141 Monticello Trail | Columbia, SC 29203 http://scfiremarshal.llronline.com/ (803)896-9800 -----Original Message----- From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Mackinnon Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 7:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: who can seal fire sprinkler drawings *** SCDLLR NOTICE *** This email is from an external email address. Please use caution when deciding whether to open any attachments or when clicking links inside the email. Wow, all great information. Thank you! Sent from... > On Jan 18, 2016, at 7:00 PM, Roland Huggins <[email protected]> > wrote: > > What Steve said. I have checked with a couple of states on this issue > particularly on their definition of control by the PE over the drawings (a > necessity for stamping). I would assume NY is the same in the Board defining > the who and what can be stated but NOT The when its required (which is a code > thing). > > I started this review because a good while back many government jobs required > the contractor to have a PE seal their drawings. This was a violation for > the PE in most states. Their Board defined control has having both the PE > and the technician drawing the plans to be employed by the same company. > This lead to some gyrations whereby the PE can review the work of others and > not STAMP them but place a letter of review (or something to that effect) on > the plans. > > Roland > > > Roland Huggins, PE - VP Engineering > American Fire Sprinkler Assn. --- Fire Sprinklers Saves Lives > Dallas, TX > http://www.firesprinkler.org <http://www.firesprinkler.org/> > > > > > >> On Jan 18, 2016, at 11:01 AM, Steve Leyton <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Obviously, none of us can speak for how all states with engineering >> licensure would handle this, but I think most states have a board or >> department that is responsible for the certification, registration and >> discipline of professional engineers. Here in CA, the state Consumer >> Affairs Dept. has a Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and >> Geologists. They maintain all the rules and reg's, including a Code of >> Conduct. It's in this departments policies that the extent of work is >> defined for engineers by discipline. Here in CA, I believe that a set of >> sprinkler plans can be done by or under the direct supervision of an FPE, >> ME or CE. >> >> Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
