I was able to get the license number of the engineer who designed my foundation, who is the same one who did the pre-pour inspection of the foundation, and the one who came out and said that the state of my foundation is normal. When I looked up his license number in the Texas Board of Profession Engineers, I found that the branch his license is under is ELE or electrical or electrical and computers. Is this individual qualified to create foundation plans for builders or inspect foundations or give opinion on the structual state of foundations?

What kind of crap is this? This is off the Texas Board of Professional Engineers. So anyone can build or design a house in Texas?

Can an engineer who is licensed as a civil engineer practice in mechanical engineering or similar disciplines?

A license holder may perform any engineering assignment for which the engineer is qualified by education, examination, or experience to perform adequately and competently. Refer to Board Rule 137.59(b). Branches of competency can be found with the PE Search function.

I probably should not have speculated on what the Texas Board of Professional Engineers may or may not do.

Have you filed your complaint with the Board? If not, then I urge you to do so.

Let us know what happens.

typically, an engineer who is licensed with the State Board of Professional Engineers has an engineering degree, has passed two exams (Engineer In Training, after college, and, 4 years later, Professional Engineer), has at least 4 years engineering working experience after graduation from college, and has received the endorsement of at least 3 other licensed professional engineers. There are a very few "grandfathering" exceptions, typically granted years ago when new requirements became law; by and large, professional engineers must meet these minimum requiements before a license is granted.

I don't know the requirements for a licensed real estate inspector. Perhaps someone else can help out there.