Can you Seal my Plans?

As Engineers, we get requests from people, from time to time, to stamp a set of plans that they produced. “I’ve had architectural training” is a  common mantra; “anyone can draw a set of plans;” they’re just plans; a few lines.” While a can-do attitude is most admirable, (this IS America), and saving money is…

Ethics and Tough Times

The word ethics is, at times, poorly used. It is commonly equated with a set of laws or mores that must or should be followed by a professional, or for that matter, any individual. Ethics courses, at least those I’ve attended, have been largely a collection of “do be’s” and “don’t be’s” (if you know…