Brian is a graduate engineer and has passed the
FE exam but is not yet licensed. He is employed
by a small engineering firm, and works with Jim,
a licensed professional engineer and owner of
the company. The firm is retained to do the
structural design of a new rural public school.
The project is assigned to Brian.
After completing his preliminary calculations for
the structure, Brian does a computer analysis of
some of the more complex aspects of the
design. This computer analysis shows Brian’s
hand calculations are essentially correct.
Although Brian feels he is quite thorough and
conscientious, he notices that Jim is rarely in the
office, provides little or no supervision, and
never checks Brian’s work before sealing and
submitting the plans and specifications to the
client for the bidding and construction phases.
Brian wonders if Jim is in conformance with the
Act and board rules and decides to discuss the
matter with him. The board rule that most clearly
addresses sealing requirements is: