Author: BPEQ master

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 associate produced...

  This case was a prosecution for three offences against the Professional Engineers Act 2002 (Qld) (“the Act”) brought by the Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland (“Board”) against an unregistered person (deidentified as Y) in the Magistrates Court of Queensland.   Charges The charges against the alleged a...

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 worked outside...

  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 economy is growing,...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] The PE Act mandates that all professional engineering services are carried out by a RPEQ or under the direct supervision of a RPEQ who is responsible for the services. The purpose of this provision in the PE Act is...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] RPEQs can help our future engineering professionals and shape the future of our profession, writes BPEQ’s elected RPEQ representative, Suzanne Burow. Recently, I have spoken to several engineering student groups about statutory registration and more particularly registration in Queensland....