147
Resident Engineer under contract system.
Resident Engineer is in the difficult position
This has not in practice
of serving two masters. been found inconvenient so long as the Resident Engineer has possessed the necessary qualifica- tions to enable him to enjoy the confi.ence both of the consulting Engineer and the Government, and has not been exposed to interference by Government officers in matters properly within
If the province of the Consulting Engineer. these conditions cannot be secured there is risk of failure to achieve a satisfactory result, end some other system had better be adopted. This ay, if circumstances are favourable, be the contract system, in w ich case inter- ference by the Government with the contractor's agent will bring about its own penalty in heavy cost. Or the Resident Engineer may be placed under the control of the Coverment alone, the Consulting Engineer being either dispensed with altogether, or relieved from responsibility for the success of the work as a whole, his functions being limited to giving advice and assistance on such specific points as may from time to time be submitted to hám.
extra
A
12. When the contract system is adopted, it may still be necessary to appoint a Resident Engineer to supervise the work done by the con- tractors; in that case his function is of course more limited than under the departmental system,
but
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.