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As I’ve posted before, there’s nothing special about a guy with a PE other than him hanging out there with liability for the lawsuit. Someone with a PE license
by abduhl 7y ago
As I’ve posted before, there’s nothing special about a guy with a PE other than him hanging out there with liability for the lawsuit.
Someone with a PE license has met the minimum requirements from the state. Nothing else can be garnered from someone possessing a license. The minimum requirements have, historically, resulted in engineers who put out public facing designs that, more often than not, do not bring harm to the public. I can tell you first hand that sometimes the guy with a license who is actually at “the minimum” does not always put out something that is safe.
- slavik81 7y agoIndeed. You can browse through the disciplinary actions taken against engineers by professional associations and you will find all sorts of incompetence and malfeasance. I find the discipline tends to be on the lenient side—lots of fines, suspensions and reexaminations with only the occasional permanent loss of license. Still, I'm glad professional licensure is required. That's what will prevent these folks from quietly rebranding and designing another disasterous bridge tomorrow.