Section 41 - Duties of the Architect, Structural Engineer, or Professional Engineer(a) General. The architect or professional engineer is responsible to the school board and to the office to see that the completed work conforms in every material respect to these rules and regulations and to the approved plans and specifications. (See Section 16.) He or she may, if so authorized, act as agent for the school board in completing and submitting the application Form SSS-1 to the office. (See Section 15.) The architect or registered engineer, in no way, is relieved of any responsibility by the activities of the office in the performance of its duties.
(b) General Responsible Charge. The architect, structural engineer or professional engineer in general responsible charge shall advise the school board in regard to filing of the application for approval of plans, the selection of an inspector and the selection of a testing laboratory. He shall prepare plans, specifications, design computations and other data and shall prepare addenda and change orders authorized by the school board and as required by conditions on the project. He or she shall make, or cause to be made, the corrections required on the various documents to comply with the requirements of these rules and regulations (Section 17(i)), and shall indicate his or her responsibility for and approval of the documents presented to the office for approval, by his or her signature thereon (Section 17(h)). He or she shall perform general observation of the work of construction, interpret the approved drawings and specifications and shall provide the inspector and testing agency with a complete set of stamped plans, specifications, addenda and change orders.
In general, the office directs all technical correspondence to the architect or registered engineer in general responsible charge of the project.
(c) Delegated Responsibility. An architect or registered engineer to whom responsibility has been delegated shall, under the general direction of the person in general responsible charge, prepare plans, specifications, computations and other data, and make corrections on these documents as required to comply with these rules and regulations. He or she shall consult with the person in general responsible charge in the preparation of addenda and change orders and the selection of inspectors and testing laboratory. He or she shall indicate his or her responsibility for the documents, which affect his or her portion of the work and are presented to the office for approval, by his or her manual signature thereon. He or she shall observe the work of construction of his or her portion of the project and shall consult with the person in general responsible charge in the interpretation of the approved drawings and specifications.(d) Approval of Inspector. The architect or registered engineer in general responsible charge shall submit to the office the name of the person proposed as inspector of the work, together with an outline of his experience and pertinent qualifications on Form SSS-5 (see facsimile of Form SSS-5 in the Appendix), 10 days prior to the time of starting construction work so as to afford the office ample opportunity for determining the competency of such person. Form SSS-5 is furnished by the office. The architect or registered engineer shall provide general direction of the work of the inspector and shall immediately withdraw approval of the inspector by a letter to the school board if he or she finds the inspector is unable or unwilling to perform his or her duties properly, sending a copy of the letter to the office. Such a letter automatically voids approval of the inspector by the office. In view of his or her responsibilities for directing the activities of the inspector, the architect or registered engineer shall review the inspector's qualifications before approving the appointment.(e) Report of Contract. The architect or registered engineer in general responsible charge shall report contract information and time of starting work to the office. (See Section 31.)(f) Verified Reports. All architects and registered engineers having responsibility for observation of the work of construction shall maintain such personal contact with the project as is necessary to assure themselves of compliance in every material respect with the approved plans and specifications and each shall submit verified reports to the office as required by Section 36. The architect or registered engineer in general responsible charge shall also satisfy himself or herself that the inspector's, the contractor's and the other architect's and engineer's verified reports are submitted as required.(g) Testing Program. The architect or registered engineer in general responsible charge shall establish the extent of the testing of materials consistent with the needs of the particular project (see Section 35) and shall issue specific instructions to the testing agency. He or she shall also notify the office as to the disposition of materials noted on laboratory reports as not conforming to the approved specifications.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 21, § 41
Note: Authority cited: Sections 39152 and 81142, Education Code. Reference: Sections 39148, 39151, 39152, 81138, 81141 and 81142, Education Code.