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The PSPE Philadelphia Chapter
official newsletter
The Philadelphia Engineer
is published several times each year.

Most recent information and all chapter announcements are published via
http://www.pspe-philly.org,
our Chapter Website.

Several recent editions are:

April 2024
March 2024
February 2024
January 2024
December 2023
November 2023
October 2023
September 2023
Summer 2023
May 2023
April 2023
March 2023
February 2023
January 2023
December 2022 #2
December 2022
November 2022
September 2022
Summer 2022
May 2022
April 2022
March 2022
February 2022
January 2022
December 2021
November 2021 #2
November 2021
October 2021
September 2021
August 2021
July 2021
May 2021
April 2021
February 2021
November 2020
October 2020
Labor Day 2020
September 2020

Several older newsletters are:

July/August 2020 June 2020
May 2020 Late-April 2020
Mid-April 2020 April 2020
March 2020 February 2020 Reminder
February 2020 January 2020
December 2019 #2 December 2019
Mid-November 2019 November 2019
October 2019 September 2019

August 2019 July 2019
May 2019 April 2019 March 2019
February 2019 January 2019 December 2018
November 2018 October 2018 September 2018

April 2018 March 2018 February 2018
December 2017 November 2017 September 2017

March 2017 January 2017 December 2016
November 2016 October 2016 September 2016

May 2016 September 2015

May 2015 February 2015
December 2014 November 2014 September 2014

April 2014 January 2014
December 2013 September 2013

Samples of even older past year newsletters are provided below:

NEWSLETTERS 2008 - 2010

The Philadelphia Engineer

January 2010
January 2009
December 2008
November 2008
September 2008
October 1987
October 1985

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Engineering in the news

Articles

NSPE's Open Forum Digest for Tuesday January 31, 2017, Stuart Walesh had posted a message (presented below) on licensure and the industrial exemption.  A direct link to the article by Liberty University law professor, Paul Spinden is provided at
http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/lusol_fac_pubs/72/
The report is 51 pages with numerous citations and footnotes and is a fascinating read.

NSPE UPDATE for January 2019:
After Pipeline Explosion, NSPE Wins Case for Ending License Exemption


NSPE's major effort to improve public safety in the aftermath of a deadly pipeline explosion in Massachusetts has resulted in a new state law. On December 31, Governor Charlie Baker signed emergency legislation that requires a licensed professional engineer to approve plans for engineering work associated with natural gas infrastructure in the commonwealth.

Following the Merrimack Valley gas line explosions in September, the National Transportation Safety Board investigated the incident and consulted with NSPE. The Society and NTSB staff spent several weeks discussing the engineering licensing process, its standards, and NSPE's opposition to licensing law exemptions. NSPE shared several documents, including its industrial exemptions position statement and fact sheet, and public testimony from professional engineers.

Among the NTSB's recommendations: Massachusetts should eliminate the professional engineer licensing exemption for public utilities and require a PE to seal public utility engineering drawings.

NSPE believes that Governor Baker took an important step by heeding the call for professional engineer oversight and signing the legislation, which took effect immediately. The Society encourages more states to follow Massachusetts' lead in ending engineering license exemptions and elevating the PE's role in protecting the public. Currently, 53 states and territories allow licensing exemptions in some form while 16 states allow exemptions for public utilities.

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