Owner-Contractor Dispute Requiring Engineer Adjudication
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/98#Owner-Contractor_Dispute_Requiring_Engineer_Adjudication
Properties
Instance of
Active period
From dispute arising over concrete pour acceptability through Owner's acceptance of Engineer A's interpretation
Affected parties
Engineer A
General Contractor
Owner
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's simultaneous obligations of loyalty to Owner and contractual impartiality as dispute interpreter
Terminated by
Owner's acceptance of Engineer A's interpretation
Triggering event
Dispute between Owner and General Contractor over acceptability of concrete pour, with both parties requesting Engineer A's review
Urgency level
medium
Source Evidence
Source text
the Owner had approved certain changes in the work and that the Contractor complied with those changes
Text references
Engineer A owed a general duty of loyalty to the Owner. However, in acting impartially under the terms of the contract, the Board of Ethical Review determined that Engineer A fulfilled that ethical obligation
the Owner accepted Engineer A's interpretation, but also criticized Engineer A, claiming that because of Engineer A's ethical duty of loyalty to the Owner, Engineer A should have found in Owner's favor
the Owner had approved certain changes in the work and that the Contractor complied with those changes
TTL
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case98:Owner-Contractor_Dispute_Requiring_Engineer_Adjudication a proeth:CompetingDutiesState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Owner-Contractor Dispute Requiring Engineer Adjudication" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From dispute arising over concrete pour acceptability through Owner's acceptance of Engineer A's interpretation" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Engineer A",
"General Contractor",
"Owner" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
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 "the Owner had approved certain changes in the work and that the Contractor complied with those changes" ;
proeth:stateclass "Competing Duties State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's simultaneous obligations of loyalty to Owner and contractual impartiality as dispute interpreter" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Owner's acceptance of Engineer A's interpretation" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A owed a general duty of loyalty to the Owner. However, in acting impartially under the terms of the contract, the Board of Ethical Review determined that Engineer A fulfilled that ethical obligation",
"the Owner accepted Engineer A's interpretation, but also criticized Engineer A, claiming that because of Engineer A's ethical duty of loyalty to the Owner, Engineer A should have found in Owner's favor",
"the Owner had approved certain changes in the work and that the Contractor complied with those changes" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Dispute between Owner and General Contractor over acceptability of concrete pour, with both parties requesting Engineer A's review" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "medium" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 98 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T00:43:22.144322"^^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
2026-02-28T00:43:22.144322
Generated by
ProEthica Case 98 Extraction