Juma, Madiha Salem2013-11-132013-11-132013-05100103http://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/362This dissertation is aimed to examine the Duties of the designer’s “Design Consulting Engineer” at the pre-construction stage, in light of UAE common used agreement, civil law and applicable rules and regulations in association with the profession’s measures, ethics and knowledge, as well as review the civil liability of the designer at the design phase caused by designer’s failure to comply with their key duties to provide a systematic potential risk assessment, Advisory Capacity, Awareness & Alertness Capacity, the design engineering service and the impacts of such failure on the overall design liability, & the warrantee. In addition to that, it will explore the consequences of breaching the Designer duties, and shall indicate the necessity of an integrated, detailed and comprehensive bylaw and regulation to monitor the designers’ duties if required.enpre-constructiondesignpost constructioncivil liabilityprocurementrules & regulationFIDICcontractsdecimal liabilityrisk assessmentUnited Arab Emirates (UAE)lawDissertation