Foundation Design Decision
A · Action
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/71#Foundation_Design_Decision
Definition
Engineer A designed the dock foundation using 90 piles, incorporating the geotechnical firm's expectation that piles would gain sufficient driving resistance strength within 30 days of initial driving.
Properties
Instance of
Event Role Context
retained design engineer
Foreseen Unintended Effects
Potential ambiguity about whether piles met resistance requirements at time of initial driving, before strength gain occurred
Fulfills Obligation Text
Professional Competence
Reliance on Geotechnical Expert Recommendation
Guided By Principle Text
Engineering Judgment
Objective Technical Analysis
Has Agent
Engineer A
Has Mental State
deliberate
Initiates Text
Contractual Obligation to Municipality
Design Basis Established on 30-Day Strength Gain
Intended Outcome
Produce a structurally adequate dock foundation that meets load-carrying requirements by relying on time-dependent pile strength gain as anticipated by the geotechnical report
Requires Capability Text
Foundation design
Interpretation of geotechnical reports
Pile capacity analysis
Temporal Extent
interval
Temporal Marker
Initial design phase, prior to construction
Temporal Sequence
1
Within Competence
true
Synthesis Literal
description
eventRoleContext
foreseenUnintendedEffects
hasAgent
hasMentalState
intendedOutcome
temporalExtent
temporalMarker
temporalSequence
withinCompetence
Relationships
hasTime
time Foundation Design Decision
TTL
@prefix case71: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/71#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> .
@prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> .
@prefix proeth-prov: <http://proethica.org/provenance#> .
@prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix time: <http://www.w3.org/2006/time#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
case71:Foundation_Design_Decision a proeth-core:Action,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Foundation Design Decision" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Action" ;
proeth:eventRoleContext "retained design engineer" ;
proeth:foreseenUnintendedEffects "Potential ambiguity about whether piles met resistance requirements at time of initial driving, before strength gain occurred" ;
proeth:fulfillsObligationText "Professional Competence",
"Reliance on Geotechnical Expert Recommendation" ;
proeth:guidedByPrincipleText "Engineering Judgment",
"Objective Technical Analysis" ;
proeth:hasAgent "Engineer A" ;
proeth:hasMentalState "deliberate" ;
proeth:initiatesText "Contractual Obligation to Municipality",
"Design Basis Established on 30-Day Strength Gain" ;
proeth:intendedOutcome "Produce a structurally adequate dock foundation that meets load-carrying requirements by relying on time-dependent pile strength gain as anticipated by the geotechnical report" ;
proeth:requiresCapabilityText "Foundation design",
"Interpretation of geotechnical reports",
"Pile capacity analysis" ;
proeth:temporalExtent "interval" ;
proeth:temporalMarker "Initial design phase, prior to construction" ;
proeth:temporalSequence 1 ;
proeth:withinCompetence true ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "description",
"eventRoleContext",
"foreseenUnintendedEffects",
"hasAgent",
"hasMentalState",
"intendedOutcome",
"temporalExtent",
"temporalMarker",
"temporalSequence",
"withinCompetence" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineer A designed the dock foundation using 90 piles, incorporating the geotechnical firm's expectation that piles would gain sufficient driving resistance strength within 30 days of initial driving." ;
time:hasTime case71:time_Foundation_Design_Decision ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "claude-sonnet-4-6" ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 71 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Attributed to
claude-sonnet-4-6
Generated by
ProEthica Case 71 Extraction