The engineer of record seals structural, mechanical, electrical, or civil documents and bears professional responsibility for those systems. Multiple engineers of record may serve one project across disciplines.
Delegated design components are sealed by specialty engineers.
Alternative Names:
EOR|Engineer of Record (Project)
Why it Matters?
Discipline boundaries generate disputes where a failure spans systems, such as a structural connection supporting mechanical equipment, and each engineer points to the other's scope. Coordination responsibility is frequently unallocated in the design contracts, which leaves the gap unowned. Establishing which engineer sealed the specific component and who was responsible for interdisciplinary coordination is the analysis in mixed-system failures.
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