Engineer A BER 84-5 Construction Phase Safety Recommendation Abandoning Engineer
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/136#Engineer_A_BER_84-5_Construction_Phase_Safety_Recommendation_Abandoning_Engineer
Definition
Retained for complete engineering services on a potentially dangerous construction project; recommended a full-time on-site project representative for safety; abandoned the recommendation when client raised cost objections and proceeded with the work — found in violation of Section II.1.a. of the NSPE Code.
Properties
Instance of
ConstructionPhaseSafetyRecommendationAbandoningEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ConstructionPhaseSafetyRecommendationAbandoningEngineer
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer |
| violation | Section II.1.a. NSPE Code of Ethics |
| case_reference | BER Case 84-5 |
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | obligation_to |
| target | Public Safety |
| type | serves |
| target | Client BER 84-5 |
Role category
public_responsibility
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A recommended to the client that a full-time, on-site project representative should be hired for the project
Text references
Engineer A proceeded with the work on the project even though he had recommended that a full-time, on-site project representative should be hired
Engineer A recommended to the client that a full-time, on-site project representative should be hired for the project
Engineer A was in violation of Section II.1.a. of the Code
TTL
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case136:Engineer_A_BER_84-5_Construction_Phase_Safety_Recommendation_Abandoning_Engineer a proeth:ConstructionPhaseSafetyRecommendationAbandoningEngineer,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A BER 84-5 Construction Phase Safety Recommendation Abandoning Engineer" ;
proeth-core:hasObligation case136:BER-84-5_Engineer_A_Cost-Pressure_Safety_Recommendation_Abandonment,
case136:BER-84-5_Engineer_A_Passive_Acquiescence_to_Client_Cost-Driven_Safety_Override ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer', 'violation': 'Section II.1.a. NSPE Code of Ethics', 'case_reference': 'BER Case 84-5'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Retained for complete engineering services on a potentially dangerous construction project; recommended a full-time on-site project representative for safety; abandoned the recommendation when client raised cost objections and proceeded with the work — found in violation of Section II.1.a. of the NSPE Code." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "136" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T12:53:54.922882+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "136" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T12:53:54.922882+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'obligation_to', 'target': 'Public Safety'}",
"{'type': 'serves', 'target': 'Client BER 84-5'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "public_responsibility" ;
proeth:roleclass "Construction Phase Safety Recommendation Abandoning Engineer" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A recommended to the client that a full-time, on-site project representative should be hired for the project" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A proceeded with the work on the project even though he had recommended that a full-time, on-site project representative should be hired",
"Engineer A recommended to the client that a full-time, on-site project representative should be hired for the project",
"Engineer A was in violation of Section II.1.a. of the Code" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 136 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T13:14:37.516804"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 136 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
136
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T12:53:54.922882+00:00
First case
136
Generated
2026-03-01T12:53:54.922882+00:00
Attributed to
Case 136 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T13:14:37.516804
Generated by
ProEthica Case 136 Extraction