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There a need for a digital engineering license. These days, few engineering documents are being provided in hardcopy, paper format.

It's common for construction drawings, engineering studies and design models to be sent to clients and reviewers in a digital format. Most likely they are sent as a PDF or in some cases a copy of the data from the model used for the analysis is sent.

The engineering seal is often a scan of a signed printed copy, a drawing created with CAD with the signature added manually, or an image added to a PDF using the signature certification tool. The certified signature method can't be altered by someone else after it's created.



This is the best option since the signature is secured. A seal that is native to the digital environment could be attached to the file metadata instead of just as an image. Data would include details about seal usage and help keep track of revisions.

The data stored with the seal would provide assurance that it was used by the licensed engineer. Overall, it would be a more convenient method of sealing an engineering document than the current methods. Now is a good time to think about using technology to modernize the engineering seal.

The engineering seal is often a scan of a signed printed copy, a drawing created with CAD with the signature added manually, or an image added to a PDF using the signature certification tool. The certified signature method can't be altered by someone else after it's created.

This is the best option since the signature is secured. A seal that is native to the digital environment could be attached to the file metadata instead of just as an image. Data would include details about seal usage and help keep track of revisions.

The data stored with the seal would provide assurance that it was used by the licensed engineer. Overall, it would be a more convenient method of sealing an engineering document than the current methods.



Now is a good time to think about using technology to modernize the engineering seal.