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practice matters<br />
Practice<br />
Matters<br />
Answers<br />
to your<br />
practice<br />
and ethics<br />
queries<br />
Engineer of Record<br />
34 MARCH/APRIL 2008 INNOVATION<br />
Q. Is the term “Engineer of Record” defi ned in the Engineers<br />
and Geoscientists Act?<br />
A. The term Engineer of Record (EOR) is a term that<br />
<strong>APEG</strong>BC developed and uses extensively in its guidelines<br />
for various areas of practice. It is neither in the Act,<br />
nor the BC Building Code. Engineers of Record are the<br />
engineers in various disciplines taking overall responsibility<br />
for the items on a project under their disciplines. It<br />
is also used to distinguish between the engineers taking<br />
overall responsibility on a project for each discipline (the<br />
EOR) and specialist engineers taking responsibility for<br />
specifi c items within a discipline, such as the engineer<br />
taking responsibility solely for handrails. The concept<br />
is closely tied to the requirements under the Letters of<br />
Assurance that are in the BC Building Code.<br />
Q. Is it possible to have an Engineer of Record on a<br />
project who is not the designer?<br />
A. The Engineer of Record would normally be the person<br />
who took professional responsibility for the design,<br />
ie, signed and sealed it, but there may be instances<br />
where another engineer signed and sealed the design or<br />
portions of it, especially where the design is large and<br />
complicated and requires a number of people with special<br />
skills to do particular pieces of the overall design.<br />
Q. What requirements are there regarding the inspection<br />
of the works and site visits by the Engineer of Record?<br />
Is delegation possible, and if so, with whom does fi nal<br />
responsibility remain?<br />
A. The Engineer of Record is required to ensure that a<br />
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professional member or licensee does fi eld reviews of<br />
the project. The Engineer of Record does not have to<br />
do the fi eld reviews himself and it may be possible for<br />
the responsibility to be transferred to another member,<br />
though this is not encouraged unless it is impractical<br />
for the EOR to conduct the fi eld reviews. Delegation of<br />
the fi eld reviews and the design to another engineer or<br />
to a non-engineer is also possible, but the Engineer of<br />
Record is still responsible for the fi eld reviews.<br />
A good discussion of fi eld review responsibilities and<br />
delegation is found in the guideline on Letters of Assurance<br />
and Due Diligence: www.apeg.bc.ca/resource/<br />
publications/technicalbulletins/archive.html#dilligence.<br />
Q. Are there certain specifi c requirements fi eld reviewers<br />
need to fulfi ll?<br />
A. There are no prescribed rules on the frequency,<br />
adequacy or nature of fi eld reviews. Under the Letters<br />
of Assurance, the Engineer of Record certifi es that fi eld<br />
reviews have been conducted and that the portions<br />
of the project for which they have taken responsibility<br />
“substantially comply in all material respects” with<br />
the BC Building Code and other applicable regulations<br />
respecting safety, and with the plans and supporting<br />
documents submitted in support of the building permit.<br />
Because conditions can vary greatly from project to<br />
project, the engineer has to determine during each<br />
job how many fi eld reviews will be necessary to give<br />
that level of certifi cation. For projects where Letters<br />
of Assurance are not required, members should still<br />
determine substantial compliance with their design and<br />
applicable legislation in all material respects. v<br />
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Fax: 604-270-8355<br />
Toll Free: 1-888-385-4466<br />
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Burnaby, B.C.<br />
V5B 3P8 Canada
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