110 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 6, § 1 - Use of the Seal
6.1.1 Each person
licensed as an architect or professional engineer must have a seal that bears
the licensee's name, their license number, the words "State of Nebraska," and
whether the individual is licensed to practice as a professional engineer, with
discipline specified, or an architect.
6.1.2 The purpose of the seal is to assist in
identification of the design professional responsible for work performed under
the requirements of the E&A Act.
6.1.3 The seal used by an architect or
professional engineer shall be legible, whether an embossing, computer
generated, or other type of seal. In the absence of legibility, the seal is
invalid.
6.1.4 The responsible
architect or professional engineer shall identify all work that they have
prepared, as well as all work that has been prepared under their direct
supervision, by applying their seal to each sheet of original
drawings.
6.1.5 All specifications,
reports, studies, and other documents prepared as architectural or professional
engineering services shall be sealed on the title page and/or the first page,
as well as the last page, of the document by the individual architect or
professional engineer responsible for the work. Two or more architects or
professional engineers may affix their signatures and seals to a sheet provided
it is designated by a note under the seal the specific subject matter for which
each is responsible.
6.1.6 No seal
shall be valid unless signed across the face of the seal with the architect's
or professional engineer's name and the date on which the material was
signed.
6.1.7 Documents clearly
marked as "Draft" prepared for preliminary submission and review do not require
the professional's seal, signature, and date, including documents prepared for
a client or governmental agency, unless otherwise required by that
entity.
6.1.8 Architects and
professional engineers are responsible for providing adequate security over
their seal and signature wherever it appears, regardless of whether the seal
and signature is produced electronically or by other means.
6.1.9 Record and as-built drawings.
6.1.9.1 Architects and professional engineers
are not obligated to seal record or as-built drawings.
6.1.9.2 If an architect or professional
engineer elects to seal record or as-built drawings, the seal may be applied
only to the work over which the architect or professional engineer had direct
supervision or which the architect or professional engineer personally observed
during construction.
6.1.9.3
Architects and professional engineers shall not seal drawings that represent
changes not actually observed during construction.
6.1.9.4 Architects and professional engineers
may include notations on record or as-built drawings that indicate the work
that they can actually confirm based on information obtained through
observation, interview, samples, and other reliable sources, such as the
following:
These record drawings are a compilation of a copy of the sealed [engineering/architectural] drawings for this project, as modified by addenda, change orders, and information furnished by the contractor or others on the project. The information shown on the record drawings that was provided by the contractor or others not associated with the design [engineer/architect] cannot be verified for accuracy or completeness. The original sealed drawings are on file at the offices of [...].
6.1.9.5
Alternatively, architects and professional engineers may seal and sign a cover
letter stating what they have determined to be as-built through their own
research and attach the letter to the drawings or plans.
6.1.9.6 Documentation of the work that was
actually constructed is not the practice of architecture or engineering under
the E&A Act.
6.1.9.7 If
as-built drawings are produced from sealed design drawings, the seal of the
licensee(s) that prepared the drawings will either a) be removed if practical,
or b) be accompanied by a note next to or over the seal indicating that the
seal relates only to the design and not the as-builts.
Notes
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6.1.1 Each person licensed as an architect or professional engineer must have a seal that bears the licensee's name, their license number, the words "State of Nebraska," and whether the individual is licensed to practice as a professional engineer, with discipline specified, or an architect.
6.1.2 The purpose of the seal is to assist in identification of the design professional responsible for work performed under the requirements of the E&A Act.
6.1.3 The seal used by an architect or professional engineer shall be legible, whether an embossing, computer generated, or other type of seal. In the absence of legibility, the seal is invalid.
6.1.4 The responsible architect or professional engineer shall identify all work that they have prepared, as well as all work that has been prepared under their direct supervision, by applying their seal to each sheet of original drawings.
6.1.5 All specifications, reports, studies, and other documents prepared as architectural or professional engineering services shall be sealed on the title page and/or the first page, as well as the last page, of the document by the individual architect or professional engineer responsible for the work. Two or more architects or professional engineers may affix their signatures and seals to a sheet provided it is designated by a note under the seal the specific subject matter for which each is responsible.
6.1.6 No seal shall be valid unless signed across the face of the seal with the architect's or professional engineer's name and the date on which the material was signed.
6.1.7 Documents clearly marked as "Draft" prepared for preliminary submission and review do not require the professional's seal, signature, and date, including documents prepared for a client or governmental agency, unless otherwise required by that entity.
6.1.8 Architects and professional engineers are responsible for providing adequate security over their seal and signature wherever it appears, regardless of whether the seal and signature is produced electronically or by other means.
6.1.9 Record and as-built drawings.
6.1.9.1 Architects and professional engineers are not obligated to seal record or as-built drawings.
6.1.9.2 If an architect or professional engineer elects to seal record or as-built drawings, the seal may be applied only to the work over which the architect or professional engineer had direct supervision or which the architect or professional engineer personally observed during construction.
6.1.9.3 Architects and professional engineers shall not seal drawings that represent changes not actually observed during construction.
6.1.9.4 Architects and professional engineers may include notations on record or as-built drawings that indicate the work that they can actually confirm based on information obtained through observation, interview, samples, and other reliable sources, such as the following:
These record drawings are a compilation of a copy of the sealed [engineering/architectural] drawings for this project, as modified by addenda, change orders, and information furnished by the contractor or others on the project. The information shown on the record drawings that was provided by the contractor or others not associated with the design [engineer/architect] cannot be verified for accuracy or completeness. The original sealed drawings are on file at the offices of [...].
6.1.9.5 Alternatively, architects and professional engineers may seal and sign a cover letter stating what they have determined to be as-built through their own research and attach the letter to the drawings or plans.
6.1.9.6 Documentation of the work that was actually constructed is not the practice of architecture or engineering under the E&A Act.
6.1.9.7 If as-built drawings are produced from sealed design drawings, the seal of the licensee(s) that prepared the drawings will either a) be removed if practical, or b) be accompanied by a note next to or over the seal indicating that the seal relates only to the design and not the as-builts.