Who can stamp my construction drawings?
Construction drawings are where design becomes liability. The stamp is the moment a licensed engineer takes that liability on.
A professional engineer licensed in the state where the project will be built — one for each discipline the set contains. Structural drawings are sealed by a structural PE; MEP drawings by mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineers. The drawings may be produced by architects, designers or drafters; the seal requires an engineer who has reviewed the work and taken responsible charge of it.
Drawn by anyone. Sealed by an engineer.
Construction runs on divided labor: architects design, designers and drafters draw, manufacturers detail their own components — and licensure stays stubbornly state by state. The bridge between the two is review and sealing: an engineer licensed in the project jurisdiction examines the finished drawings as if the work were their own, because at the moment of sealing it becomes their own. That is the engagement this desk runs — structural, MEP and civil sets reviewed under responsible charge and sealed when the responsible PE approves them.
What the review covers
The calculations behind the drawings, checked against the drawn result. The code basis on the title sheet, checked against the jurisdiction's adopted codes and amendments. The interfaces between disciplines, where construction drawings most often contradict themselves — structure against architecture, MEP against structure. And completeness: a set missing its schedules, details or specifications gets corrected for completeness before anything else, because the authority will do it less kindly. Shortcomings return as written corrections with the code basis named; corrected sheets are re-reviewed before the seal lands. The full sequence is laid out in how PE review works.
Shop drawings and delegated design
One corner of construction drawings deserves its own note: shop drawings and delegated-design submittals — trusses, connections, curtain wall, pre-engineered components. These are engineering produced inside the construction chain, and many jurisdictions require them sealed by an engineer licensed in the project state, who is frequently not the manufacturer's in-house engineer. If your submittal has been bounced for a local seal, that is this exact gap — and the review is scoped from the submittal requirements, the parent design criteria and the component calculations.
Construction drawings ready for a seal?
Send the set with its calculations — the review starts with scoping, in writing.
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