Virginia Electronic 'mass' PE Sealing
Virginia Electronic 'mass' PE Sealing
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My company will be signing and sealing a large project in Virginia soon. We plan on signing and sealing the drawings electronically based on the following from VA DPOR:
An electronic seal, signature and date are permitted to
be used in lieu of an original seal, signature and date
when the following criteria, and all other requirements of
this section, are met:
1. It is a unique identification of the professional;
2. It is verifiable; and
3. It is under the professional's direct control.
That being said, I came across a method of signing/sealing via Adobe PDF that seems to satisfy the above requirements, however it appears rather cumbersome for dealing with a very large amount of drawings.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how we can accomplish a 'mass' signing and sealing of drawings quickly?
Thanks.
An electronic seal, signature and date are permitted to
be used in lieu of an original seal, signature and date
when the following criteria, and all other requirements of
this section, are met:
1. It is a unique identification of the professional;
2. It is verifiable; and
3. It is under the professional's direct control.
That being said, I came across a method of signing/sealing via Adobe PDF that seems to satisfy the above requirements, however it appears rather cumbersome for dealing with a very large amount of drawings.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how we can accomplish a 'mass' signing and sealing of drawings quickly?
Thanks.





RE: Virginia Electronic 'mass' PE Sealing
RE: Virginia Electronic 'mass' PE Sealing
With the amount of drawings per set and the amount of sets that need to be submitted there will be close to 1000 drawings. Going through 1 by 1 will be tedious and time consuming to say the least.
I figured there would be some method to apply the seal all at once to the same place on every drawing.
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RE: Virginia Electronic 'mass' PE Sealing
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Is it a waste of time? Yes. But no more proportionally than for that 15 sheet project.
RE: Virginia Electronic 'mass' PE Sealing
RE: Virginia Electronic 'mass' PE Sealing
We set it up in a way that it is hidden when we are drafting/designing and with a click of a button or check box, all the drawings are stamped and ready for printing.
RE: Virginia Electronic 'mass' PE Sealing
You can sign an entire document so that if changes are made to any page, the validation fails.
In some states (including my home state), each drawing must be signed and sealed separately. Adobe allows you to do this and accumulate the documents into one.
RE: Virginia Electronic 'mass' PE Sealing
What we do is this:
1. Insert your electronic seal into the cad title block.
2. Insert a jpg image of the signature over the seal on each sheet (you could also insert the signature/seal in the cad drawing to save time.
3. Use Bluebeam's signature routine to "sign" the entire pdf document. This is one signature that occurs on the first page of the pdf set.
I'd also note that one of my states I'm licensed in is changing away from "requiring" a validating electronic signature system to one that is totally up to the engineer.
They reason that:
1. The validation is there to protect the engineer so how they "control" their signature is up to them.
2. The engineering board can't foresee keeping up with technology anyway and don't want to keep changing the engineering laws every time some new technology arises.
RE: Virginia Electronic 'mass' PE Sealing
I have worked with bluebeam before and it works well but not a perfect set up. It can be touchy sometimes.
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