Butler County Engineer
Greg Wilkens is pleased to announce that Design Engineer David
Quimby has received his Professional Engineer's (P.E.) license
from the State of Ohio. This brings to nine the total number
of registered Professional Engineers currently on staff at the
BCEO.
"We are proud
to see Dave earn his PE," said Wilkens. "It compliments
his education and experience and enables us to enhance our service
to the public. Dave began his service to Butler County as part
of our co-op program while he was an engineering student at the
University of Cincinnati and we brought him on full time when
he graduated. So it's been a joy to see him grow personally and
professionally. He has a strong work ethic and exemplifies honesty
and integrity -- qualities that we strongly uphold at the Engineer's
Office."
Quimby has been with
the BCEO full time since 2005, but started in the co-op program
in December 2000. As a Design Engineer with the BCEO, he is responsible
for design and project management of various roadway improvement
and bridge replacement projects. Some of the bigger projects
on which he's worked include the Ohio 747 at Kyles Station Road
intersection improvement, under way this summer; the $10.3 million
Liberty Fairfield Road bridge replacement, currently under way;
and, the Indian Creek Road bridge replacement completed this
past spring.
A 2005 graduate of
the University of Cincinnati with a Civil Engineering degree,
Mr. Quimby resides in Springdale and is engaged to be married
in 2009. He is also an assistant wrestling coach at Fairfield
High School.
What Is
a Professional Engineer
The National Society of Professional Engineers
offers this definition of a P.E.:
"Like doctors
who have passed the medical boards or lawyers who have passed
the bar exam, professional engineers (PEs) have fulfilled the
education and experience requirements and passed the rigorous
exams that, under state licensure laws, permit them to offer
engineering services directly to the public. PEs take legal responsibility
for their engineering designs and are bound by a code of ethics
to protect the public health and safety.
"Engineering licensure
laws vary from state to state, but, in general, to become a PE
an individual must be a graduate of an engineering program accredited
by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, pass
the Fundamentals of Engineering exam, gain four years of experience
working under a PE, and pass the Principles and Practice of Engineering
exam.
"A state engineering
licensure board regulates the licensed practice of engineering
within a state."
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For more information
contact:
Chris
Petrocy, BCEO Public Information Supervisor
Greg Wilkens, P.E., P.S.,
Butler County Engineer
Phone 513.867.5744 • Fax 513.867.5849
