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Board highlights rise in substandard engineering and surveying work, discusses digital-seal security

Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors · November 21, 2025
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Board members and staff flagged continued instances of substandard engineering and surveying work and discussed technical and ethical responses, including updated enforcement audits, a proposed technical work group for surveying, and exploration of stronger digital-signature/certificate solutions to prevent seal theft or spoofing.

Board members and staff spent substantial time discussing enforcement trends and technical vulnerabilities tied to electronic sealing and signatures.

The board chair opened the meeting by urging licensees to report substandard work, saying it is the duty of registered professionals to notify staff so the board can "help them and guide them to the right direction." Compliance staff later summarized caseloads for the fiscal year: 507 new cases received and 460 closed, with about 252 active cases at the August 31 snapshot; September's throughput reduced pending cases…

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