The branch of structural engineering requires specialized work experience to protect the public health, safety, and welfare. To be licensed as a structural engineer, an applicant must:
(1) Be currently licensed as a professional engineer in Washington state;
(2) Have at least two years of progressive responsibility in structural engineering experience in addition to the eight years of engineering experience required to be registered as a professional engineer. The structural experience should:
(a) Demonstrate the applicant's ability to design building structures or nonbuilding structures integrated within "significant structures" as defined in RCW 18.43.020(10);
(b) Be progressive in difficulty and magnitude;
(c) Demonstrate breadth and depth of seismic design and detailing experience for projects in seismic regions similar to those located in Washington state;
(d) Incorporate two of the four common construction materials (steel, concrete, wood, and masonry);
(e) Reflect ability to design and apply structural engineering principles that show sound judgment on projects involving public health, safety, and welfare;
(f) Be supervised by a licensed professional engineer in the branch of structural engineering or a licensed professional engineer with substantial structural engineering work experience for projects in seismic regions similar to those located in Washington state, and the verifier must have directly supervised the applicant's technical work and have personal knowledge of the applicant's structural engineering; and
(3) Pass a board approved structural exam.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.43.035. WSR 26-14-074, s 196-12-047, filed 6/29/26, effective 8/1/26; WSR 22-17-121, § 196-12-047, filed 8/23/22, effective 9/23/22; WSR 18-10-085, § 196-12-047, filed 5/1/18, effective 6/1/18.]