I think it's a legal matter. State's rights vs. federal rights.
That is how it is.
How it should be is engineering is a service; engineering is not a
good. In Canada (and I rather suspect in U.S.A. too) codes say "Xxx shall
be designed by a professional engineer," in practice building permit
departments read that to say "drawings for xxx shall bear the stamp of a
professional engineer." This has the effect of making engineering a good
rather than a service.
That said, there are other good reasons for local control.
Engineering requirements are different in California than they are in
Florida or Minnesota, for example.
Regards,
H. Daryl Richardson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Polhemus" <bill@polhemus.cc>
To: <seaint@seaint.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 5:10 PM
Subject: Hey, I got a friend...
...who works for a company that does engineering for clients in multiple
states from a single office. Friend is of the opinion that company should
have certificates of authority (aka "Firm Registration") in each state for
which they provide sealed engineering documents.
Company disagrees, says CA required only for state in which they have their
office. It's like business license fee.
Thoughts?
William L. Polhemus, Jr. P.E.
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