JLSeagull
Electrical
- Feb 19, 2006
- 2,070
Many large engineering firms utilize people working from multiple locations. These often include staff in third-world countries to implement detailed engineering with oversight from the home-office engineers. Even small firms may utilize engineers with home office situations and use teleconferencing etc. for remote meeting attendance. Today we can even see the PowerPoint presentation on a web meeting.
In many states, the PE rules for direct supervision likely conflict with these cost reduction practices. For example in Texas the rules mention the presence and proximity. How are multinational projects executed to accommodate multiple engineer locations?
An excerpt from the Texas rules follows:
(10) Direct supervision - Critical watching, evaluating, and directing of engineering activities with the authority to review, enforce, and control compliance with all engineering design criteria, specifications, and procedures as the work progresses. Direct supervision will consist of an acceptable combination of: exertion of significant control over the engineering work, regular personal presence, reasonable geographic proximity to the location of the performance of the work, and an acceptable employment relationship with the supervised persons. Engineers providing direct supervision of engineering under the Act, §1001.405(f), shall be personally present during such work.
This definition appears to expressly forbid the multiple office project excecution. Are other state rules written in a manner that prohibits such multi-national project execution? Is there a major loop-hole elsewhere in the Texas legislation?
In many states, the PE rules for direct supervision likely conflict with these cost reduction practices. For example in Texas the rules mention the presence and proximity. How are multinational projects executed to accommodate multiple engineer locations?
An excerpt from the Texas rules follows:
(10) Direct supervision - Critical watching, evaluating, and directing of engineering activities with the authority to review, enforce, and control compliance with all engineering design criteria, specifications, and procedures as the work progresses. Direct supervision will consist of an acceptable combination of: exertion of significant control over the engineering work, regular personal presence, reasonable geographic proximity to the location of the performance of the work, and an acceptable employment relationship with the supervised persons. Engineers providing direct supervision of engineering under the Act, §1001.405(f), shall be personally present during such work.
This definition appears to expressly forbid the multiple office project excecution. Are other state rules written in a manner that prohibits such multi-national project execution? Is there a major loop-hole elsewhere in the Texas legislation?
