Florida Administrative Code
61 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
61G15 - Board of Professional Engineers
Chapter 61G15-31 - RESPONSIBILITY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS CONCERNING THE DESIGN OF STRUCTURES
Section 61G15-31.002 - Definitions

Universal Citation: FL Admin Code R 61G15-31.002

Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024

(1) Engineer of Record. The Florida licensed professional engineer who develops the overall structural design and the structural design criteria for the structure, and is responsible for the preparation of the structural engineering documents.

(2) Structural Component. An individual structural member or element designed to be part of the structure or structural system. This definition of component should not be confused with any other published definitions.

(3) Structure. The entity to be built.

(4) Structural System. A portion of a structure comprising an assembly of structural components which carry and transmit loads.

(5) Structural Engineering Documents. The structural drawings, specifications and other documents setting forth the overall design and requirements for the construction, alteration, repair, removal, demolition, arrangement and/or use of the structure, prepared by and signed and sealed by the engineer of record for the structure. Structural engineering documents shall identify the project and specify design criteria both for the overall structure and for structural components and structural systems. The drawings shall identify the nature, magnitude and location of all design loads to be imposed on the structure. The structural engineering documents shall provide construction requirements to indicate the nature and character of the work and to describe, detail, label and define the structure's components, systems, materials, assemblies, and equipment.

(6) Structural Submittals. Submittals required by the structural engineering documents which do not require the seal of a professional engineer, such as:

(a) Drawings prepared solely to serve as a guide for fabrication and installation and requiring no engineering input such as reinforcing steel shop drawings, and structural steel, steel joist and joist girder erection drawings.

(b) Catalog information on standard products not fabricated for a specific project.

(7) Structural Delegated Engineering Documents. Documents prepared by a delegated engineer to whom the engineer of record for the structure has delegated responsibility for the design of a structural component or system.

(8) Specialty Engineer. A licensed professional engineer, who is not the structural engineer of record, who provides engineering criteria or designs necessary for the structure to be completed. The specialty engineer may be a delegated engineer.

Rulemaking Authority 471.033(2), 471.008 FS. Law Implemented 471.033(1)(g), (j) FS.

New 1-26-93, Formerly 21H-31.002, Amended 10-19-97, 9-28-10.

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