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The Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland (Board) is pleased to announce the appointment of Suzanne Burow as Chairperson. Suzanne is a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ), practicing in civil engineering. The Government confirmed Ms Burow’s appointment as Board Chairperson, effective 30 May 2024….

What happened? The Board received a complaint about the conduct of a RPEQ in carrying out professional engineering services for a project undertaken in Queensland. The complaint alleged that the RPEQ provided engineering designs and inspections of a carport and patio posts and to ensure…

The Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland registers and welcomes it’s 30,000th RPEQ Willem Nagel The ranks of RPEQs continue to grow. In the last financial year, the Board welcomed an impressive 2,000 new registrants, the highest annual number of new registrants in the Board’s…

If you provide professional engineering services in Queensland, it’s crucial to be a registered professional engineer (RPEQ), under the Professional Engineers Act 2002 (PE Act), as demonstrated in recent case brought by the Board. A chartered engineering associate inspected an amusement device. As part of the inspection, the engineering…

Unregistered engineers can face serious consequences providing professional engineering services in or for Queensland if they fail to comply with the Professional Engineers Act 2002 (PE Act). The Board recently prosecuted a case involving an interstate engineer providing professional engineering services for a building in Queensland. The engineer…

  Queensland’s engineering regulator is urging registered professional engineers (RPEQs) to renew their registration during the upcoming annual renewal period. From Saturday 1 April to Wednesday 31 May 2023, RPEQs can renew their registration through the Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland (Board) website. “Queensland’s…

In accordance with section 21 of the Professional Engineers Regulation 2019, we would like to inform everyone of the result of the ballot to elect a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ) to the Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland (Board). The successful candidate is…

With an increasing number of engineers being asked to certify structural steelwork from overseas sources, concern has been raised that RPEQs are taking on increased risk by approving structural steel that does not comply with Australian Standards through not meeting the Deemed to Satisfy (DTS)…

A key objective of the PE Act is to uphold the standards of practice of RPEQs. The Code of Practice (Code) for RPEQs is a critical measure to help uphold those standards of practice. The purpose of the Code is to: promote the obligations which…

BPEQ’s Senior Principal Legal Officer Mathew Cuskelly expands on the concept of direct supervision. The subject of direct supervision accounts for a significant proportion of enquiries made to the BPEQ’s Legal, Compliance and Investigations Unit (LCIU). It is undeniably a significant issue that has the…

Recent studies show the gender pay gap for women in STEM is still significant. BPEQ chairperson Andrew Seccombe asks how the profession will support positive changes. The engineering profession, much like all STEM fields, suffers from a shortage of skilled and experienced workers. The pandemic…