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,...
The purpose of the practice note is to clarify the Board’s position in relation to RPEQs who were registered prior to the 1 July 2008 amendments to the Professional Engineers Act 2002....
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 Dr...
The purpose of this practice note is to offer guidance for engineers and businesses on the application of the Act to professional engineering services provided from interstate or overseas. ...
[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....
More engineers, materials and labour. These things are what Australia will need to meet the surge in public sector infrastructure spending according to Infrastructure Australia’s Infrastructure Market Capacity report. The report, commissioned by the Council of Australian Governments in March 2020, points out the various factorsthat...
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