Engineer A Contractual Dispute Resolver Impartiality BER 85-5
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/176#Engineer_A_Contractual_Dispute_Resolver_Impartiality_BER_85-5
Properties
Instance of
ContractuallyDesignatedDisputeResolverImpartialityObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ContractuallyDesignatedDisputeResolverImpartialityObligation
Case context
Engineer A was retained by the Owner for both design and construction-phase services; the contract designated Engineer A as the initial interpreter of contract documents and judge of work acceptability; a dispute arose between the Owner and General Contractor over the acceptability of a concrete pour.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to render an impartial, technically grounded determination in the concrete pour dispute based solely on the contract documents and the facts, refraining from finding in the Owner's favor merely because the Owner was the retaining client.
Temporal scope
Upon being jointly requested by the Owner and Contractor to review the dispute
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A, seeks to remain impartial in the dispute, citing a provision in his contract with the Owner stating that the engineer is the initial interpreter of the requirements of the contract documents and judge of the acceptability of the work.
Text references
Engineer A, seeks to remain impartial in the dispute, citing a provision in his contract with the Owner stating that the engineer is the initial interpreter of the requirements of the contract documents and judge of the acceptability of the work.
Following his review, Engineer A agrees with the Contractor's position, noting that the Owner had approved certain changes in the work and that the Contractor complied with those changes.
TTL
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case176:Engineer_A_Contractual_Dispute_Resolver_Impartiality_BER_85-5 a proeth:ContractuallyDesignatedDisputeResolverImpartialityObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Contractual Dispute Resolver Impartiality BER 85-5" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case176:Engineer_A_Loyalty_Fulfillment_Through_Impartial_Dispute_Finding ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/176#Engineer_A_Client_Relationship_—_Design_and_Construction_Phase_Retention> ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case176:Engineer_A_Owner_Loyalty_Misapplication_Non-Acquiescence_BER_85-5 ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A was retained by the Owner for both design and construction-phase services; the contract designated Engineer A as the initial interpreter of contract documents and judge of work acceptability; a dispute arose between the Owner and General Contractor over the acceptability of a concrete pour." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.97" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case176:Impartiality_Obligation_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_In_Concrete_Pour_Dispute,
case176:Impartiality_Obligation_Invoked_in_Engineer_A_Dispute_Role ;
proeth:discoveredincase "176" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T11:01:01.705953+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "176" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T11:01:01.705953+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Contractually Designated Dispute Resolver Impartiality Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to render an impartial, technically grounded determination in the concrete pour dispute based solely on the contract documents and the facts, refraining from finding in the Owner's favor merely because the Owner was the retaining client." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A, seeks to remain impartial in the dispute, citing a provision in his contract with the Owner stating that the engineer is the initial interpreter of the requirements of the contract documents and judge of the acceptability of the work." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon being jointly requested by the Owner and Contractor to review the dispute" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A, seeks to remain impartial in the dispute, citing a provision in his contract with the Owner stating that the engineer is the initial interpreter of the requirements of the contract documents and judge of the acceptability of the work.",
"Following his review, Engineer A agrees with the Contractor's position, noting that the Owner had approved certain changes in the work and that the Contractor complied with those changes." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 176 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T11:13:16.196774"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 176 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
176
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T11:01:01.705953+00:00
First case
176
Generated
2026-03-01T11:01:01.705953+00:00
Attributed to
Case 176 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T11:13:16.196774
Generated by
ProEthica Case 176 Extraction