Stamping designs not done by authorised persons.

[TED7]

Heres a question which has puzzled me for a while and I have been unable to get an answer.

In a former life I designed a lighting mast for export to an American firm. Presumably someone somewhere would have had to stamp the design before it was constructed. How would this work as I did the whole structural design? Bearing in mind being British and not chartered I wouldn't be authorised to do this 'in' the USA.

The company didn't win the contract in the end anyway but I don't see how it would have worked out according to my understanding of the rules. Would it just be a case of the American firm buying the mast as a product suitable for the job and therefore being exempt from needing stamping?

Designer of machine tools - user of modified screws

 

[Ron]

The most common method is for the US engineer of record to review your design and modify as required to accept as his own. Most states in the US have a provision for this in their licensing laws and require that the engineer who accepts the design to validate the design by his own review and calculation as necessary.

 

[JAE]

...and ideally (legally) this would not just be a cursory "review" but taking the time to go through the necessary calculations to be able to seal/sign the work as your own.

 

[cvg]

unlikely that a light pole would require a design by a registered engineer. the lighting plan and specs on the other hand would need to be sealed.

 

[TED7]

Thanks guys, thats put that one to rest. I guess that makes it fairly uneconomical to source certain items from abroad if you effectivly have to redo some of the work.

CVG - Thats what I thought initially, I was originally under the impression it just covered buildings and whole site plans but I had recieved drawings for manufacture of a tiny 3m pole with a stamp which led me to believe it covered most things under wind loading.

Designer of machine tools - user of modified screws

 

[brandonbw]

Ninja182: Especially when local laws are so different everywhere. Just in Los Angeles County, the smaller cities have their little differences. I can't believe all of the outsourcing emails I get that where their work looks like pure garbage.

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