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Thank you. I agree. A recent response suggested threshold buildings as a dividing line. I disagree. 1st, not all states have "threshold" regulations. 2nd, I design multi story resident using cold formed steel panels over four stories which invokes threshold in threshold limits in two states in which ...

I am looking at the proposed criteria for the stratified PE/SE reqirement. I am curious why an SE would need to design a wast treatement headhouse or wet well, SBR tank, etc. for waste treatment or water treatment. These are Risk 3 structures, yet aren't complex. Likewise for an educational building. ...

I'm asking to clarify are you saying that one obtains the PE with the usual 3-4 years experience, then obtains another 3-4 years of experience and takes a different test? Because in the example I gave, that doesn't work in Illinois. There's no "structural" PE, only their SE. If the path I mention ...

To those advocating this tiered license, there seems to be a position that certain structures require certain skills and/or epxerience that will by law allow exclusion to a vast numebr of licensed professional engineers. Let's take Illinois as an example. You need an SE to practice as a structural enginer. ...

I agree! I've stated earlier that I believe peer review for certain structures is better than a stratified license. I can successfully design a firehouse (Risk Cat 4) as a PE as well as an SE. It's a matter of competence. In the instance of the firehouse, the equipment bays are pre-engineered metal building. ...