# Japan requires a licensed structural design architect to check larger buildings' structural designs against the code and sign them

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20210901-civil-engineer-4
Date: 2021-09-01 · Stage: Constraint
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## Scope

Japan, larger buildings. The Architect Act says an architect who is not a structural design first-class architect must ask one to confirm that the structural design complies with the structural provisions, and must do so again when part of the structural drawings changes; and that the structural design architect must record on the drawings whether compliance was confirmed and sign with that title. The current wording (signature without seal) has applied since 1 September 2021. Buildings only, not bridges or roads; the licence is the Japanese architect's, not a civil engineer's title.

## Source

- e-Gov 法令検索 — 建築士法(昭和二十五年法律第二百二号)第二十条の二(現行文言は令和三年法律第三十七号により令和3年9月1日施行) — https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC1000000202 (primary source)

## What this means

In Japan, whoever or whatever produces the structural calculations, a named, specially licensed person has to check and sign them.

## What it does not show yet

Japanese buildings only; it is a check-and-sign rule, not a rule on how the calculations are produced.

## How to verify it yourself

Open the Architect Act on e-Gov, go to Article 20-2, and find 「構造設計図書の一部を変更した場合も同様とする」.


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