LESSON 2 4.

) supporting the professional

and technical societies of
CIVIL ENGINEERING (Code of
their disciplines.
Ethics)

ENGINEERING ETHICS - They are

the codes of ethics that every
engineer must follow in his career
to ensure that proper level of
scrutiny is applied to unsafe or FUNDAMENTAL CANONS
unethical practices. Every
1.) Civil Engineers shall hold
engineer must keep the ethics of
paramount the safety,
engineering borne in mind.
health and welfare of the
Engineering ethics is the field of public and shall strive to
system of moral principles that comply with the principles
apply to the practice of of sustainable development
engineering. The field examines in the performance of their
and sets the obligations by duties.
engineers 2.) Civil Engineers shall
- to society, perform services only in
- to their clients, and areas of their competence.
- to the profession. 3.) Civil Engineers shall issue
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES public statements only in an
objective and truthful
Civil engineers uphold and
manner.
advance the integrity, honor and
4.) Civil Engineers shall act in
dignity of the civil engineering
professional matters for
profession by:
each employer or client as
1.) Using Their Knowledge And faithful agents or trustees,
Skill For The Enhancement and shall avoid conflicts of
Of Human Welfare And The interest.
Environment; 5.) Civil Engineers shall build
2.) being honest and impartial their professional reputation
and serving with fidelity the on the merit of their
public, their services and shall not
employers/employees and compete unfairly with
clients; others.
3.) striving to increase the 6.) Civil Engineers shall act in
competence and prestige of such a manner as to uphold
the civil engineering and enhance the honor,
profession; and integrity, and dignity of the
civil engineering profession.
 7.) Civil Engineers shall to certify, decide or exercise
continue their professional discretion between the
development throughout Client and a Third party with
their careers, and shall whom the Client has a
provide opportunities for contract.
the professional 4.) The Civil Engineer is
development of those civil authorized to act as the
engineers under their client’s faithful agent when
supervision. required but only ass
implied in the Classification
of Engineering Services or
implied in the contract
adopted for the Project. The
Civil Engineer shall exercise
LESSON 3 reasonable skill, care and
diligence in the
THE PRACTICE OF CIVIL
performance of his
ENGINEERING
obligations.
5.) When aware of any matters
which will change or has
changed the scope of the
services, the Civil Engineer
shall give written notice to
the Client containing
particulars of the change.
OBLIGATIONS of the CIVIL
6.) For Specified Staged
ENGINEER
Services, the Civil Engineer
1.) The Civil Engineer shall shall not to initiate or
perform Scope of the proceed with any
Services as stated in the subsequent stage of the
Classification of Engineering Services without the
Services. approval of the Client.
2.) The Civil Engineer shall 7.) When required, the Civil
exercise reasonable skill, Engineer shall direct and
care and diligence in the cooperate with all other
performance of his professionals and integrate
obligations. their work where applicable
3.) The Civil Engineer shall act into that being undertaken
independently and, as by the Civil Engineer and
required by the contract, other professionals, but
perform with the necessary shall not be professionally
skills and professional liable for their work.
judgement, when required
 8.) The Civil Engineer may provision of the Services, all
recommend specialist information required by the
suppliers and/or contractors Civil Engineer in the
to design and execute performance of his services
certain parts of the Works, and a decision in writing on
in which case the Civil all matters properly referred
Engineer shall coordinate to the Client in writing.
the design of such part or 3.) The Client shall cooperate
parts with the overall design with the Civil Engineer and
of the Works but he shall be shall not interfere with or
relieved of all responsibility obstruct the proper
for the design, manufacture, performance of the
installation and Services.
performance of any such 4.) The Client shall, as soon as
part or parts of the Works. practicable, make
The Civil Engineer shall not arrangements to enable the
be liable for acts of Civil Engineer to enter the
negligence, default or site and inspect facilities
omission by such person or needed in the performance
persons. of his services.
5.) The Client shall arrange for
the provision of services
from other professionals or
others as may be required
9.) The Civil Engineer shall
and bear all costs.
notify the Client of any
6.) When the Civil Engineer is
interest the Civil Engineer
required to administer the
has which may significantly
work of other professionals
conflict with the interests of
or other third parties who
the Client under their
are directly contracted by
Contract.
the Client or when the Civil
OBLIGATIONS OF THE CLIENT Engineer is required to act
as Engineer-tothe-Contract
1.) The Client shall pay the Civil
for any contract on behalf of
Engineer for his Services,
the client then all
the amount of fees and
instructions by the Client
expenses set out in or
shall be given through the
determined in their
Civil Engineer.
Agreement.
7.) When aware of any matter
2.) The Client shall provide the
which will change or has
Civil Engineer within
changed the scope of the
reasonable time (that does
Civil Engineer’s Services,
not result in delay to the
the Client shall notify in
 writing within 7 days the specifications not prepared by the
Civil Engineer containing, as civil Engineer, or other personnel
far as is practicable, the under the direct control of the
particulars of the change. Civil Engineer, and arising from
any act or omission or lack of
LIABILITY OF THE CIVIL ENGINEER
performance or any negligent or
AND THE CLIENT
fraudulent act or omission by the
- The Civil Engineer shall only be Client or any Other consultant,
liable to pay damages to the Contractor or supplier to the
client arising out of or in Client or any employee or agent
connection with their Agreement of the Client, Other consultants,
if a breach of duty of care is Contractors or suppliers.
established against the Civil
- Notwithstanding any
Engineer.
recommendation or lack of
- The client shall only be liable to recommendation made by the
pay damages to the Civil Engineer Civil Engineer to the Client, the
if a breach of the Client’s duty to Civil Engineer shall not be held to
the Civil Engineer is established have made any warranty or
against the Client. promise as to the suitability,
competence or performance of
- Establishment of the breach of
any Other Consultant, Contractor,
duty on the part of the Civil
supplier, or other third party.
Engineer and that of the breach of
the Client’s duty to the Civil - The Civil Engineer shall not be
Engineer shall be undertaken by a responsible for the techniques,
third party arbitrator mutually method, programs, sequences or
acceptable to the client and the procedures adopted by any
Civil Engineer. Contractor or other third party
responsible for executing any
aspects of the Project, nor for
their performance on time, their
failure to carry out the work in
- Resolution of any conflict arising
accordance with any contract
from the Agreement between the
documents or for any other acts
Civil Engineer and the Client shall
or omissions.
be done by giving preference to
the process of arbitration

- The Civil Engineer shall have no

responsibility or liability for costs,
loss or damage of whatsoever
nature arising from any errors in
or omission from data,
documents, plans, design or