Geo Institute Test Event

About Dr. Gregory:

Dr. Gregory is Principal Consultant with GREGORY GEOTECHNICAL in Stillwater, Oklahoma and is Adjunct Professor (Ret.) of Civil Engineering at Oklahoma State University. He has BS, MS, and PhD degrees in civil (geotechnical) engineering and has more than 47 years of civil engineering and construction management experience. Dr. Gregory is a licensed professional engineer in 12 states, and is a Board-Certified Geotechnical Engineer, holding the credential D.GE from the Academy of Geo-Professionals (AGP). Dr. Gregory is a former president of the national Geo-Institute of ASCE and is past Chair of the Embankments, Dams, and Slopes Committee of the Geo-Institute. He formerly served on the Board of Trustees of AGP. He is also a member of the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and serves on the Deep Foundations for Landslides/Slopes Stabilization committee. He was selected as the Outstanding Oklahoma Geotechnical Engineer for 2016-2017. Dr. Gregory has been involved in more than 250 major slope stability and retaining wall projects, including numerous large earthfill dams, over a multi-state area of the US and in Australia. He has produced more than 70 technical papers that have been presented and published in conference proceedings and technical journals. He is the author of the advanced slope stability analysis software program GEOSTASE. He has conducted numerous presentations and short courses on engineering ethics.

Abstract:

The presentation will be interactive and audience participation through questions and comments is highly encouraged. Three “ethical challenges” will be presented/discussed which are likely to be encountered in engineering practice. The three cases are described briefly below.

Reporting/Resolving Ethical Violations by Another Engineer. Engineer A becomes aware of a potential ethics violation by Engineer B. What is the ethical responsibility of Engineer A and how should any action/notification be handled? This will be discussed in relation to both PE Licensing Boards and Engineering Societies.

Reuse of Documents Produced by Another Engineer. Engineer A retains Engineer B to provide specialty engineering services on a specific project. Engineer B produces a report and several technical guide specs for the project. Several years later, Engineer A has a similar project and decides that some of the technical guide specs from the previous project would be applicable to the current project. What are the ethical responsibilities of Engineer A regarding reuse of the guide specs provided by Engineer B for the previous project? Several scenarios will be discussed.

Appropriate Notifications. A local industrial plant owner (Client) contacts Engineer B to set up a meeting to discuss Engineer B providing engineering services on an upcoming project. Engineer B knows that local Engineer A has been providing virtually all similar engineering services for Client for many years. Does Engineer B have an ethical obligation to contact Engineer A about the request from Client? Should Engineer B discuss this with the Client to find out the current situation with Engineer A? Several scenarios will be discussed.

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