Todd Walter
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If you don't have a degree or state certification, nothing personal, I'm not putting you on a critical project that may be worth millions. At best you are an apprentice , technician, long term intern, or engineer's/architect's assistant. Now if you want to hold yourself to one of those titles, then I will assign you appropriate work with appropriate supervision when you apply for a job. But don't dare call yourself an engineer on a job application, or written testimony.
There was a very popular mall years back where a concrete overpass on the second floor collapsed sending dozens of people falling onto the first floor. People were seriously hurt.
Obviously the people sued. First they sued the contractor. The contractor proved they built to spec and plan.
Then they went back to the architecture firm. The plans were signed off on by the master engineer/chief architect.
Guess what, that company never certified that architects degree...which didn't exist. They were sued out of existence.
You mean the one in Elliot lake? The engineer in that little disaster was recently aquitted. He was also a PE. Guess the cert doesn't mean as much as you think, eh?
http://www.macleans.ca/news/why-one-man-faces-criminal-charges-in-the-elliot-lake-mall-collapse/
http://ca.pressfrom.com/news/canada/-30319-ex-engineer-acquitted-in-deadly-mall-collapse/