The Saudi Council of Engineers has taken action against 10 major companies operating in the fields of contracting and project management in a number of cities across the Kingdom, after finding that they had employed engineering and technical staff without verifying the validity of their professional certifications.
Field inspection tours conducted by the Authority in the cities of Riyadh, Al-Khobar, and Dammam resulted in the detection of 684 cases of engineering and technical staff working at these companies with expired professional certifications, in clear violation of the regulatory requirements governing the practice of engineering professions. Prior to taking these measures, the Authority sent text messages to the registered phone numbers of the establishments via the "Absher" platform, as part of the "#: Accredited or Not" campaign, to alert companies to the need to verify the validity of their engineering staff’s professional accreditations.
The total fines imposed on the violating companies amounted to 1,686,000 riyals, in accordance with the procedures stipulated in the Regulation on the Practice of Engineering Professions. The Authority emphasized that employing engineering or technical staff without valid professional accreditation constitutes a regulatory violation for which the establishments are held responsible, emphasizing the need for engineering firms and entities to verify the validity of their employees" professional accreditations before assigning them any engineering tasks.
The Authority called on all contracting firms and engineering organizations to comply with the regulatory requirements governing the profession, confirming that inspection tours will continue in various regions of the Kingdom to ensure lawful engineering practices that enhance project quality and promote public safety.
