GRANDFATHER RULE

Grandfather Rule

Grandfather rule of awarding a national PEng refers to a limited-time program where experienced engineers can obtain a professional certification without taking the standard examination. Instead of an exam, candidates must meet specific requirements, typically based on their educational background, years of work experience, and professional achievements.

The grandfather rule is valid until December 2026. BPERB recognizes that individuals with a proven track record of safe and successful practice should not undergo the same process as new applicants. This allows BPERB to officially identify a pre-existing group of qualified professionals.

Eligibility

The prerequisites for becoming a national PEng under the grandfather rule are:

(a)Must be a fellow of IEB
(b)Minimum of 20 years of experience and PhD or 25 years of experience and Master’s or 30 years of experience after graduation, when he/she was responsible for significant engineering works in Bangladesh. Candidates will be considered to have been in responsible charge of significant engineering work when they have completed all of the following:
• Planned, designed, coordinated, and executed 10 small projects.
• Undertaken part of 3 large projects based on understanding the whole project.
• Undertaken novel or complex work responsibilities.
(c)Evidence of achieving 30 hours CPD in the last twelve months.

Online application

(a)Apply through the online portal of BPERB (rms.bperb.net).
(b)After a successful application, BPERB receives the following documents and information through the online portal
• CV (At the top of the first page of the CV, mention “Grandfather Rule”
• Academic qualifications
• Professional affiliations and recognitions
• CPD records
• Competence and Commitment report
• Job experience
• Project experience
• Recommendation from sponsors
(c) Please send the following documents in addition to the online application for 10 small and 3 large projects.
(d) Design drawings
• Design reports
• A report containing how 13 competencies were covered in all these projects.

Scrutiny

(a) The Application and Registration Committee of BPERB does the preliminary scrutiny to confirm the candidate's eligibility for PEng registration. Basis of scrutiny:
• Academic qualifications
• Professional affiliations
• Job experience and project experience
• Sponsor’s report
• CPD
(b) The Training and Education committee verifies CPD records and sends them to the Registrar.
(c) The Registrar sends all the documents submitted by the candidate to the Assessment and Moderation Committee.

Result of the assessment and moderation committee

(a) The assessment and moderation committee shall critically review the application materials and send the result to the registrar.

Assessment by 3 Assessors

(a) The registrar will send the application materials to 3 Assessors
(b) Assessors will review all the records, CV, competence report and send the filled-up assessment forms to the registrar
(c) The registrar will compile the result in a summary form and send it to the assessment and moderation committee for final judgement and approval.

Meeting with the applicant

(a) Assessors may arrange a meeting with the applicant through the Registrar if necessary. However, in cases of commendable/acceptable professional work based on the assessment of the submitted documents, the panel may grant the waiver of that meeting. Generally, the written exam and viva are waived in the grandfather rule.

Ethics Board approval

(a) The Registrar sends the eligible candidate’s CV to the Ethics Board of IEB to verify the integrity and ethics of the candidate.

BPERB Board approval

(a) The registrar shall include the list of ethics board-approved candidates in the agenda of board meetings where the board approves PEng.

Publish the result

(a) The registrar publishes the names of successful candidates on the website and notice board after approval from the chairman. >