Engineer A Post-Sale Safety Notifying Engineer
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/133#Engineer_A_Post-Sale_Safety_Notifying_Engineer
Definition
Originally designed and built the barn with horse stalls on his property; sold the property four years later; subsequently learned that the new owner removed load-bearing columns and footings, creating potential collapse risk under severe snow loads; verbally notified the town supervisor of the danger.
Properties
Instance of
Post-SaleSafetyNotifyingEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Post-SaleSafetyNotifyingEngineer
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer |
| specialty | Structural/building design |
| relationship_to_property | Former owner and original designer |
| action_taken | Verbal notification to town supervisor |
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | concerned_about |
| target | Jones Property Owner Structural Modifier |
| type | prior_client_of |
| target | Himself as property owner (self-commissioned design) |
| type | safety_notified |
| target | Town Supervisor Municipal Safety Inaction Authority |
Role category
public_responsibility
Relationships
adheresToPrinciple
Good Faith Safety Concern Threshold — Engineer A Structural Collapse Concern, Original Designer Post-Sale Safety Notification Obligation Present Case Barn, Original Designer Post-Sale Safety Notification Obligation — Engineer A Barn, Professional Accountability — Engineer A Obligation to Act Despite No Current Client Relationship, Public Welfare Paramount — Engineer A Barn Collapse Risk
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A designs and builds a barn with horse stalls on his property
Text references
Engineer A designs and builds a barn with horse stalls on his property
Engineer A learns of the extension and is concerned that the structure may be in danger of collapse due to severe snow loads
Engineer A sells the property, including the barn, to Jones
Engineer A verbally contacts the town supervisor who agrees to look into the matter, but no action is taken
TTL
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case133:Engineer_A_Post-Sale_Safety_Notifying_Engineer a proeth:Post-SaleSafetyNotifyingEngineer,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Post-Sale Safety Notifying Engineer" ;
proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/133#Good_Faith_Safety_Concern_Threshold_—_Engineer_A_Structural_Collapse_Concern>,
case133:Original_Designer_Post-Sale_Safety_Notification_Obligation_Present_Case_Barn,
<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/133#Original_Designer_Post-Sale_Safety_Notification_Obligation_—_Engineer_A_Barn>,
<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/133#Professional_Accountability_—_Engineer_A_Obligation_to_Act_Despite_No_Current_Client_Relationship>,
<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/133#Public_Welfare_Paramount_—_Engineer_A_Barn_Collapse_Risk> ;
proeth-core:hasObligation <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/133#No-Current-Client-Relationship_Safety_Action_—_Engineer_A_Post-Sale_Barn>,
<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/133#Original_Designer_Post-Sale_Safety_Notification_—_Engineer_A_Barn_Snow_Load_Collapse_Risk>,
<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/133#Safety_Obligation_Paramount_—_Engineer_A_Barn_Collapse_Risk_Public_Welfare> ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer', 'specialty': 'Structural/building design', 'relationship_to_property': 'Former owner and original designer', 'action_taken': 'Verbal notification to town supervisor'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Originally designed and built the barn with horse stalls on his property; sold the property four years later; subsequently learned that the new owner removed load-bearing columns and footings, creating potential collapse risk under severe snow loads; verbally notified the town supervisor of the danger." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "133" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T16:25:01.783764+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "133" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T16:25:01.783764+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'concerned_about', 'target': 'Jones Property Owner Structural Modifier'}",
"{'type': 'prior_client_of', 'target': 'Himself as property owner (self-commissioned design)'}",
"{'type': 'safety_notified', 'target': 'Town Supervisor Municipal Safety Inaction Authority'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "public_responsibility" ;
proeth:roleclass "Post-Sale Safety Notifying Engineer" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A designs and builds a barn with horse stalls on his property" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A designs and builds a barn with horse stalls on his property",
"Engineer A learns of the extension and is concerned that the structure may be in danger of collapse due to severe snow loads",
"Engineer A sells the property, including the barn, to Jones",
"Engineer A verbally contacts the town supervisor who agrees to look into the matter, but no action is taken" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 133 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T16:47:31.557285"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 133 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
133
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T16:25:01.783764+00:00
First case
133
Generated
2026-02-28T16:25:01.783764+00:00
Attributed to
Case 133 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T16:47:31.557285
Generated by
ProEthica Case 133 Extraction