Monthly Archives: December 2019

The work does not have to be bad for a person to breach these rules.  It does not have to be dangerous.  It does not have to be flawed.  It can be good work. If you do the work that … Continue reading →

Using a prescriptive standard is an exemption for the requirements for registration for some things. These are design, construction and production.  There is neither an exemption for maintenance nor operation by using a prescriptive standard. Prescription and performance are very … Continue reading →

Say a person – any person – engineer or not – develops a basic design of a new kind of bus stop. What if someone later refines this and someone else checks the work, “signs off” so to speak.  Is … Continue reading →

There is a new registration scheme about to come into force in Victoria (Australia).  It is called the Professional Engineers Registration Act 2019. The name might make you think that it is about the registration of engineers.  But actually it isn’t. … Continue reading →

Professional Engineers Registration Act 2019 (Victoria) downloaded 10 December 2019 from legislation dot vic dot gov dot au

Sometimes we just follow the rules.  Even if they don’t make much sense. That’s musician Gavin DeGraw below in an ice hotel who observed: “Pretty amazing place. That fire extinguisher could really come in handy around here. — at ICEHOTEL”