States weigh changes to civil engineers’ licenses
With a growing scrutiny towards “unnecessary” state boards for governmental efficiency, many boards that oversee civil engineering licenses are becoming targeted. Closing down such boards would reduce the number of qualified, competent civil engineers that work hard to protect and maintain the integrity of infrastructure across the country. Such a measure might cause a rise in judgments made by people without engineering background, potentially creating large repercussions if the requirement of licensure was removed and projects no longer had accountability from authorized professionals. Thus, advocates are challenging state legislation with bills introduced that underscore the importance of these boards to ensure they maintain their duty to uphold the ethics aligning with the civil engineer code of conduct for the safety of the nation’s people.
