Archive | April, 2005

Professional Scenario 2

One day, I was at the construction job site.  I noticed there was a fire.  Immediately I wanted to yell, “fire, fire, everyone get out of here,” and dial 911.  But I remembered that under the architect/engineer contract (AIA document 312), I am just an observer at the job site and have no authorization to [...]

Professional Scenario 1

One day, I was at my engineer’s work place, I noticed his chair had a broken wheel.  Immediately I wanted to tell him about the hazard.  But I remembered that under the architect/engineer contract (AIA document 111), I have no contractual responsibility to work site safety of an engineer office.  In order to reduce my [...]