The Practice Of'civil Engineering: Presented By: Mark Jobel M. Atap

The Practice of`Civil Engineering
presented by: Mark Jobel M. Atap
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1.3 CLIENT-CIVIL ENGINEERING
RELATIONSHIPS
• Many engineering works are conceived, designed,
and constructed through the efforts of Civil
Engineers employed in governmental agencies or
in industry. Other Engineering projects come to
fruition through the efforts of civil engineering
firms engaged for a specific project or program by
public agencies or private clients.
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1.3.1 OBLIGATIONS OF THE CIVIL
ENGINEER
The obligations of the civil engineer includes:

1. The Civil Engineer shall perform Scope of the Services as stated in
SECTION 2.

2. The Civil Engineer shall exercise reasonable skill, care and diligence in
the performance of his obligations.

3. The Civil Engineer shall act independently and as required by the
contract, perform with the necessary skills and professional judgement,
when required to certify, decide or exercise discretion between the
Client and a Third party with whom the Client has a contract.
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4. The Civil Engineer is authorized to act as the Client's faithful
agent when required but only as implied in SECTION 2 or
implied in the contract adopted for the project.

5. When aware of any matters, which will change or has
changed the scope of the services, the Civil Engineer shall give
written notice to the Client containing particulars of the change.

6. For Specified Staged Services, the Civil Engineer shall not
initiate or proceed with any subsequent stage of the Services
without the approval of the Client
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7. When required, the Civil Engineer shall direct and co-operate with
all other professionals and integrate their work where applicable into
that being undertaken by the Civil Engineer and other professionals,
but shall not be professionally liable for their work.

8. The Civil Engineer may recommend specialist suppliers and or
contractors to design and execute certain parts of the Works, in
which case the Civil Engineer shall co-ordinate the design of such
part or parts with the overall design of the Works, but he shall be
relieved of all responsibility for the design, manufacture, installation
and performance of any such parts of the Works. The Civil Engineer
shall not be liable for acts and neglignece, default or omission by
such person or persons.
9. The Civil Engineers shall notify the Client of any Interest the Civil
Engineer has which may significantly conflict with the interests of the
Client under their contract. 5
1.3.2 OBLIGATIONS OF THE CLIENT
The Client has the following obligations:

1. The Client shall pay the Civil Engineering for his Services, the amount of
fees and expenses set out in or determined in their Agreement.

2. The Client shall provide the Civil Engineer within reasonable time(that
does not result in delay to the provision of the Services), all information
required by the Civil Engineer in the performance of his services and a
decision in writing on all matters properly referred to the Client in writing.

3. The Client shall cooperate with the Civil Engineer and shall not
interfere with or obstruct the proper performance of the Services.
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4. The Client shall as soon as practicable, make arrangements to enable the Civil
Engineer to enter the site and inspect facilities needed in the performance of his
services.
5. The Client shall arrange for the provision of services from other professionals or
others as may be required and bear all costs.

6. When the CIvil Engineer is required to administer the work of other
professionals or other third parties who are directly contracted by the Client or
when the CIvil Engineer is required to act as Engineer-to-the-Contract for any
contract on behalf of the Client then all instructions by the Client shall be given
through the Civil Engineer.

7. When aware of any matter which will change or has changed the scope of the
Civil Engineer's Services, the Client shall notify in writing within 7 days the Civil
Engineer containing, as far as is practicable, the particulars of the change.
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1.3.3 LIABILITY OF THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND
THE CLIENT
The Civil Engineer shall only be liable to pay damages to the Client
arising out of or in connection with their Agreement if a breach of
duty of care is established against the Civil Engineer.
The Client shall only be liable to pay damages to the Civil Engineer if a
breach of the Client's duty to the Civil Engineer is established against
the Client.
Resolution of any conflict arising from the Agreement between the
Civil Engineer and the Client shall be done by giving preference to the
process of arbitration.
Establishement of the breach of duty on the part of the Civil Engineer
and that of the breach of the Client's duty to the Civil Engineer shall
be undertaken by a third party arbitrator mutually acceptable to the
Client and the Civil Engineer.
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THE END
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