Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists
NEW AND IMPORTANT UPDATES
- ANNOUNCED FEBRUARY 17, 2026 - NCEES is seeking industrial and systems engineers to participate in a series of two anonymous online surveys: FE Industrial and Systems exam, and PE Industrial and Systems exam.
Each survey is estimated to take 20–30 minutes.
· FE Industrial and Systems Exam Survey Link: https://ncees.org/FEcontentreview
· PE Industrial and Systems Exam Survey Link: https://ncees.org/IndustrialPAKS
The FE Industrial and Systems survey will be open until April 6, 2026, while the PE Industrial and Systems survey will be open until June 12, 2026.
The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE.org) has agreed to award a professional development hour (PDH) for time spent taking the surveys. The survey results will remain anonymous, but each survey will allow you to opt in by entering an email address where your PDH certificate can be sent.
For more information, contact NCEES Exam Development Engineers Cheryl Warren, Ph.D., P.E., for the FE survey, or William Bowen, P.E., for the PE survey at help@ncees.org. - ANNOUNCED JANUARY 21, 2026 - NCEES is seeking licensed surveyors and geomatics faculty to participate in a knowledge content review for the Fundamentals of Surveying (FS) exam. The results of this online survey will be used to update the content of the FS exam, a process that occurs every six to eight years.
NCEES requires a cross section of licensed professional surveyors and geomatics faculty including those working in industry, consulting, the public sector, and academia to complete the survey. If you are a licensed professional surveyor or geomatics faculty, we would appreciate your input. The online survey can be completed in about 20–30 minutes.Click here for access to the online survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FS_Survey_2026. The survey will be open until April 6, 2025. For more information, contact NCEES Exam Development Engineer Cheryl Warren, Ph.D., P.E., at help@ncees.org.
- UPDATED JANUARY 9, 2026 - UPDATE TO THE BOARD’S LAWS, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2026
Notice of New Law Affecting Permit Approval for Restaurant Tenant Improvements
As part of the rebuilding efforts following the Los Angeles fires in January 2025, new legislation was enacted to streamline the permit approval process for restaurant tenant improvements. Local building departments now must, upon request and at the expense of the permit applicant, allow a qualified professional certifier—defined as a licensed architect or engineer who meets specified requirements—to certify that the plans and specifications for the tenant improvement comply with all applicable building, health, and safety codes.
The new law establishes that making a false statement in a certification constitutes grounds for disciplinary action. Business and Professions Code section 6775 has been amended accordingly.Notice of New Requirement for Records of Survey
Business and Professions Code section 8764.5 has been amended to require additional information on a record of survey. Specifically, the law now mandates that a date field be included next to the signature line in the “Surveyor’s Statement” section of the record of survey.
Click here for these amendments and all the Board’s laws and regulations. - ADDED DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Please allow 4-6 months in Technical Review for Civil Professional Engineer (PE) applications. This time frame applies to all Civil PE applicants, including Comity and Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam Waiver applicants. The Board is actively working on resolving the backlog. We appreciate your patience in this matter.
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