I NEED SOMEONE TO STAMP MY PLANS — WHO DOES THAT?
It's the most direct question in this business, so here is the most direct answer we can give it.
Licensed professional engineers do — the service is called third-party review and sealing, and it is a normal, lawful part of how construction gets permitted. You send the plans; an engineer licensed in your project's state reviews them, sends corrections in writing if the set needs them, and seals the set when the responsible PE approves the work. That is the desk Seal Anvil runs, in 49 states.
Who you're actually hiring
Not a signature — an accountable professional. The engineer who seals your plans must be licensed in the state where the project is built, and the firm behind them registered to practice there. Behind this site is Apex Grid Engineering PLLC and its bench of licensed engineers; every engagement is assigned to a PE licensed in the project jurisdiction. When that engineer seals your set, their license — and livelihood — stand behind the engineering in it. That accountability is what the permit office is actually asking for when it asks for a stamp.
How it works, step by step
You send the set as it stands. We scope it — disciplines, jurisdiction, completeness — and return a written quote with the timeline stated in it, before any review or obligation begins. The responsible PE reviews the design and its calculations against the codes your jurisdiction enforces. What needs fixing comes back in writing, with the code basis, and corrected sheets are re-reviewed. When the work passes, the set is sealed and returned ready for submittal. Every step is documented, so the review file exists if a plans examiner, an owner or a board ever asks how the seal was earned.
What this service is not
It is not a stamp for sale. An engineer who seals plans they haven't reviewed — 'plan stamping' — violates every state board's rules and can lose their license for it; a set sealed that way can have its permit voided when the jurisdiction finds out. So no legitimate desk will promise to stamp your plans as-submitted, sight unseen. What a legitimate desk promises is a real review, run fast and documented properly, by an engineer licensed where your project stands — and a seal that survives scrutiny because the review actually happened.