Establishing a clear scope, sticking to it, and documenting departures carefully remain some of the most effective forms of professional risk management. In complex projects, clarity protects not only the engineer, but the entire project team.
Tag: Engineering Ethics
This article explores the effect of contractual terms and liability in engineering professional appointments
This article explores the ethical responsibilities of structural engineers, addressing the principles that guide ethical decision-making.
This latest article discusses the steps that engineers can take to mitigate against technical risks often in the form of design errors appearing in their work.
This article provides an introduction to the three main types of risk that engineering practices face and considers the steps they can take to minimise or mitigate these.
This article defines what a contract entails within the context of professional engineering services, the components of a contract, and how a contract may be formed in engineering.
This article looks at communication as a professional engineer, causes of poor communication in engineering and also offering advice on how engineers might communicate more…
This article takes a look at what a constitute a claim within the purview of a structural engineer, how they may arise and the steps the structural engineer can take to mitigate them.
This second article in the series on temporary works discusses temporary works failures and how structural engineers can learn from them
Items relating to “boundaries of duties” constitutes a vast proportion of the frustrations and misunderstanding, and claims made against engineers. This article identifies and expatiate on the six boundaries of duties which an engineer must define in a fee proposal.