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← Explore all topics1. Types of Cases I. Airplane crash II. Defective products III. Personal injury IV. Property damage V. Traffic accident 2.…
They should function as impartial seekers of facts & Communicators of truth but not as hired guns i.e. advocates for…
Engineers, in their position as experts, explain the happenings of the past in terms of Causes of accidents, malfunctions of…
1. Define how risks are to be apportioned and payment of fees to be made 2. Make contractual provisions for dispute solving…
• Large projects involve owners, consultants and contractors and many participants at various levels in these three organizations. • Overlapping responsibilities, fragmented…
Consulting engineers have greater freedom with wider areas of responsible decision making compared to salaried engineers. This creates special difficulties…
To decide whether ‘contingency fee’ practice may be allowed or not, the potential gains should be weighed against the potential …
NSPE has addressed this issue as follows: “An engineer shall not request, propose, or accept a professional commission on a…
Contingency fee is dependent on some specific conditions beyond normal, satisfactory performance in work. • A client may hire a consultant…
Consulting engineers, in the absence of competitive bidding can be selected only based on their reputation and proven qualification. But…
Competitive bidding was prohibited for quite some time due to the following reasons: Consulting jobs, unlike industrial and construction work,…
• Generally consumer products can be advertised suppressing the negative aspects and even some exaggeration is allowed. • But advertisement of professional…