Finally, site safety expectations should be project and company specific. For example, an engineering firm might team up with a general contractor on a design/build contract. Absent specific contract language, a design engineer could be assumed to have the same ability to control the work when he/she is on-site that the general contractor has. Yet it is highly likely that the engineer possesses nowhere near the same understanding of the construction process or safety standards that a general contractor’s seasoned superintendent possesses. The limited role that design engineers can typically play in site safety should be specifically acknowledged in the joint venture agreement between the engineering firm and the general contractor, and perhaps in the contract between the owner and the joint venture.