Engineer A Construction Phase Contractual Impartiality Obligation
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/98#Engineer_A_Construction_Phase_Contractual_Impartiality_Obligation
Properties
Instance of
ContractualImpartialityObligationState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ContractualImpartialityObligationState
Active period
From commencement of construction through resolution of the concrete pour dispute
Affected parties
Engineer A
General Contractor
Owner
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's role as initial interpreter of contract documents in the Owner-Contractor dispute
Terminated by
Owner's acceptance of Engineer A's interpretation (though with criticism)
Triggering event
Dispute arising between Owner and General Contractor concerning acceptability of a concrete pour, with both parties requesting Engineer A's review under the contractual interpreter provision
Urgency level
medium
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A sought 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 agreed with the Contractor's position, noting that the Owner had approved certain changes in the work and that the Contractor complied with those changes
Engineer A sought 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
it would have been unethical for Engineer A to have found in the Owner's favor
TTL
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case98:Engineer_A_Construction_Phase_Contractual_Impartiality_Obligation a proeth:ContractualImpartialityObligationState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Construction Phase Contractual Impartiality Obligation" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From commencement of construction through resolution of the concrete pour dispute" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Engineer A",
"General Contractor",
"Owner" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "98" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T00:31:33.437827+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "98" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T00:31:33.437827+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A sought 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:stateclass "Contractual Impartiality Obligation State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's role as initial interpreter of contract documents in the Owner-Contractor dispute" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Owner's acceptance of Engineer A's interpretation (though with criticism)" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A agreed with the Contractor's position, noting that the Owner had approved certain changes in the work and that the Contractor complied with those changes",
"Engineer A sought 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",
"it would have been unethical for Engineer A to have found in the Owner's favor" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Dispute arising between Owner and General Contractor concerning acceptability of a concrete pour, with both parties requesting Engineer A's review under the contractual interpreter provision" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "medium" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 98 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T00:43:22.141405"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 98 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
98
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T00:31:33.437827+00:00
First case
98
Generated
2026-02-28T00:31:33.437827+00:00
Attributed to
Case 98 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T00:43:22.141405
Generated by
ProEthica Case 98 Extraction