The Evolution Of The Role Of The Engineer Under FIDIC 2017 Conditions Of Contract For Construction:Fairness And Efficiency Perception

FIDIC model contract is an international contract model prepared by the International Federation of Consulting Engineers and widely used in the international engineering community.From FIDIC 1999 edition to 2017 edition of a series of contract conditions,the Engineer plays an important role in project management in FIDIC,but the nature and content of the role of the Engineer change,which will have a significant impact on both parties to the contract.With the release of FIDIC 2017 conditions of contract and the wide application of the engineer supervision mechanism in engineering projects,it is of great significance to study the evolution of the role of the Engineer in FIDIC 2017 conditions of contract and the fairness and efficiency perception of international engineering practitioners on the evolution of the role of the Engineer.Based on FIDIC 1999 and 2017 Conditions of Contract for Construction(hereinafter referred to as the Red Book),this paper uses the content analysis method to analyze the specific roles of the Engineer in FIDIC 1999 and 2017 Red Book from the three dimensions of coordination,decision-making and supervision roles,and compares and analyzes the evolution of the Engineer in coordination,decision-making and supervision roles from FIDIC 1999 to 2017,Then,based on the above evolution,a questionnaire is designed to investigate the perception of international engineering practitioners on fairness and efficiency brought by the changes of relevant contents of the evolution of the role of the Engineer.The results show that the evolution of the role of the Engineer in FIDIC will promote fairness and efficiency.However,for the change of some work content of the Engineer,there is a significant difference between perceived fairness promotion and efficiency improvement,and the degree of fairness promotion will be significantly greater than that of efficiency improvement.There are significant differences in the degree of fairness promotion and efficiency improvement between the changes of different work contents of the Engineer.