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Heading Off Problems upon any engineer to stay One aspect of the
engineering o n e of their most important abreast of code changes, current
In addition to keeping abreast of d e s i g n process that should be skills
to help ascertain if they p r a c t i c e s and other develop- relevant
code changes through stressed to clients is that codes are potentially
liable: solve the m e n t s within their area of continuing education,
engineers are subject to interpretation by problem. expertise, says
Carter. If they c a n take other steps to help i n s p e c t o r s . These
things are E n g i n e e r s are trained as don't, they are not going to be
avoid unexpected problems. subjective, says Porterfield. It p r o b l e m
solvers, Porterfield able to provide the level of serv- Bongi advises
engineers to is not uncommon for a design says. So, the first thing to do
is ice their clients expect. meet early in a project with local
professional to get a different look for the facts, and then ren- R o n a
l d L. Ewing, CEO of inspectors who will be signing i n t e r p r e t a t
i o n from the same der an opinion as to whether it Dewberry, an
engineering firm off on code compliance. Often individual at different
times. is your responsibility. Most of in Fairfax, Va., and chairman of
they will alert engineers that a While it is impossible to con- the time
it is not. the ACEC's Licensure Subcom- new code is due to be enacted.
sistently predict how a building Regardless of who is at fault, mittee,
says all engineers should These local inspectors see the i n s p e c t o r
or fire marshal will Ewing says, the bottom line is t a k e continuing
education, s a m e problems over and over interpret a code, staying
current that it's the engineer's job to be whether it is mandated or not.
again and you can avoid a lot of w i t h the codes and how they an expert
on the codes affecting I don't think it's the continuing problems by just
picking their a re being interpreted in your a firm's area of
specialization. e d u c a t i o n requirements that brain, says Bongi.
They usu- area can lessen the chance of an W h e t h e r it's structural
should drive the maintaining of a l l y will give you a heads-up u n e x p
e c t e d surprise, says c o d e s , building codes or your competence you
should. long in advance. It's in their best Porterfield. mechanical
electrical codes, it's T h a t's the difference between interest to help
because it creates And finally, he says, a firm the obligation of the
engineer being a professional and not, a huge headache for the jurisdic- a
c c u s e d of a violation should to be knowledgeable in the field he says.
Maintaining currency tion when all these plans come n o t panic or
automatically of practice he engages in, he in what we do is part of the
rules in that are not designed to the a s s u m e you are responsible.
says. That's a tenet of what we of ethics we all subscribe to. right code.
He advises engineers to rely on do as engineers. C l i e n t s also tend to
get They [codes] are h e a d a c h e s when they are informed without
warning that more complex a violation has occurred because and the
expectation of an unexpected code change. that you know all Engineers can
help a client pre- pare for a potential problem by of them is much
explaining to them up front that greater. The expecta- codes are not black
and white and that they can be updated or tion is that not only c h a n g e
d unexpectedly during do we know them design or even construction. A all,
but if anything c l i e n t who understands this m i g h t be willing to
increase comes up, we're t h e i r budget to cover work responsible. r e l
a t e d to unexpected code NORM ALMQUIST changes. MKK CONSULTING ENGINEERS
The more you can educate a client about rewards and risks a s s o c i a t
e d with a project and keep them in the loop, the less potential there is
that something will be a total surprise to them, says Tom Porterfield,
vice presi- d e n t of the risk management division at Victor O.
Schinnerer & Company, a Bethesda, Md.- b a s e d insurer specializing in
engineering clients. J u l y l August 2005 ENGINEERING INC. 2 1         

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Members in the News
Well-Prepared Leadership
Remembering the Codes
ACEC's 2005-2006 Executive Committee
Market Watch
Institute for Business Management
Contents
News & Notes
Business Insights
Cover Story: Interview with Senator Jim Talent
ACEC Fall Conference
EEA Call for Entries
One on One
Premium Increase Slowing
Legislative Action
From ACEC To You
Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - Cover1
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Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - From ACEC To You
Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - 3
Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - News & Notes
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Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - Market Watch
Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - Legislative Action
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Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - Cover Story: Interview with Senator Jim Talent
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Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - Well-Prepared Leadership
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Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - Remembering the Codes
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Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - Premium Increase Slowing
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Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - ACEC's 2005-2006 Executive Committee
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Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - Business Insights
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Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - One on One
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Engineering Inc. - July/August 2005 - EEA Call for Entries
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