DP6

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DP6

Should Engineer A engage the consulting engineering firm to independently evaluate whether the two-crutch-pile remediation is structurally adequate — treating this as a parallel technical obligation that complements rather than conflicts with the unlicensed practice challenge — or defer the adequacy verification until after the unlicensed practice determination is resolved, to avoid lending professional credibility to an assessment made without legal authority?

Engineer A Collaborative Crutch Pile Verification: Engaging the Consulting Firm to Evaluate Remediation Adequacy While Challenging the Unlicensed Assessment That Recommended It

Contact the consulting engineering firm immediately to conduct an independent licensed evaluation of the two-crutch-pile remediation's structural adequacy, treating this as a parallel obligation that complements the unlicensed practice challenge — making clear to the firm that its professional standing is implicated by silence and that a formal written finding of inadequacy, if warranted, will be transmitted to the supervisor and external authorities as additional grounds for closure.

File the unlicensed practice report with the state licensure board first and await a preliminary determination before engaging the consulting firm on crutch pile adequacy, on the grounds that substantive engagement with the unlicensed assessment's recommended remediation — before the regulatory question of its legitimacy is resolved — risks lending professional credibility to an unauthorized determination and potentially implicating Engineer A in aiding unlicensed practice.

Perform or commission an independent structural adequacy assessment of the two-crutch-pile remediation through a different licensed engineering firm not associated with the original sealed report, thereby avoiding any appearance of the original firm endorsing or retroactively validating the unlicensed assessment's remediation recommendation while still generating the licensed engineering record needed to support external escalation.

Engineer A