Utah Admin. Code 156-22-302f

Current through Bulletin 2025-01, January 1, 2025

Section R156-22-302f - Qualifications for Licensure - Experience Requirements - Specific to Professional Structural Engineer

In accordance with Subsection 58-22-302(2)(e), each applicant for licensure as a professional structural engineer shall submit verification of qualifying experience as follows:

(1) The experience shall be:

(a) obtained after meeting the education requirement;

(b) supervised by one or more licensed professional structural engineers;

(c) certified by the licensed professional structural engineer who provided the supervision; and

(d) include a minimum of three years of full-time or equivalent part-time experience in professional structural engineering.

(2) Professional structural engineering experience shall include responsible charge of structural design in one or more of the following areas:

(a) structural design of any building or structure two stories and more, or 45 feet in height, located in a region of moderate or high seismic risk, designed in accordance with current codes adopted pursuant to Section 58-56-4;

(b) structural design for a major seismic retrofit/rehabilitation of an existing building or structure located in a region of moderate or high seismic risk; or

(c) structural design of any other structure of comparable structural complexity.

(3) Professional structural engineering experience shall include structural design in all of the following areas:

(a) use of three of the following four materials as they relate to the design, rehabilitation or investigation of buildings or structures:

(i) steel;

(ii) concrete;

(iii) wood; or

(iv) masonry;

(b) selection of framing systems including the consideration of alternatives and the selection of an appropriate system for the interaction of structural components to support vertical and lateral loads;

(c) selection of foundation systems including the consideration of alternatives and the selection of an appropriate type of foundation system to support the structure;

(d) design and detailing for the transfer of forces between stories in multi-story buildings or structures;

(e) application of lateral design in the design of the buildings or structures, in addition to any wind design requirements; and

(f) application of the local, state, and federal code requirements as they relate to design loads, materials, and detailing.

Utah Admin. Code R156-22-302f

Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2017-18, effective 8/21/2017