Contractual Suggestions for Engineer in Green Buildings

Abstract

This paper discusses green buildings construction contracts with very important suggestions related to an engineer who is either a consultant, a designer, a site engineer or a supervisor over such constructions. This research discusses the commitment of an engineer to the green buildings’ code and the importance of previous consultancy on such constructions in addition to the commitment of an engineer to green engineer standard and adoption of typical contracts. The engineer should consider the consequences of using green materials and the additional works, services and guarantees that should be provided after the implementation. In addition, an engineer should avoid the disadvantages of offering his previous experience and promises extensively. This paper concludes with many results and recommendations, most important of which is that the commitment to green codes is absolutely different from traditional standards required by an engineer to avoid liability.

Keywords: Green engineer, green engineer standard, green buildings, green code, construction materials, additional works, experience, LEED, and traditional buildings.