Engineer A Current Case Subdivision Tract Defect Reporting Forensic Engineer
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/78#Engineer_A_Current_Case_Subdivision_Tract_Defect_Reporting_Forensic_Engineer
Definition
Forensic engineer retained by an insurance company who discovered a structural defect affecting multiple homeowners in a subdivision, bearing obligations beyond merely submitting a written report to the insurance company — including contacting local building officials and the local homeowners or community civic association
Properties
Instance of
SubdivisionTractDefectReportingForensicEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SubdivisionTractDefectReportingForensicEngineer
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer |
| specialty | Forensic structural investigation |
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | notifies |
| target | Homeowners Association / Community Civic Association |
| type | reports_to |
| target | Local Building Officials |
| type | retained_by |
| target | Insurance Forensic Investigation Client |
Role category
public_responsibility
Relationships
adheresToPrinciple
Confidentiality Non-Applicability Applied to Subdivision Defect Public Danger, Confidentiality Non-Applicability to Public Danger Disclosure Invoked by Engineer A Board Contact, Ethics Code as Higher Standard Than Legal Minimum Applied to Engineer A Insurance Report, Faithful Agent Obligation With in Ethical Limits Invoked by Engineer A Insurance Client Service, Incidental Observation Disclosure Obligation Applied to Systemic Subdivision Defect, Incidental Observation Disclosure Obligation Invoked by Engineer A Beam Investigation, Proactive Risk Disclosure Invoked by Engineer A State Board Contact, Professional Competence in Risk Assessment Invoked by Engineer A Structural Calculations, Proportional Escalation Calibrated to Subdivision Defect Risk, Public Welfare Paramount Invoked by Engineer A Subdivision Forensic, Public Welfare Paramount Invoked in Subdivision Defect Multi-Homeowner Case, Scope-of-Work Limitation as Incomplete Ethical Defense Applied to Insurance Report, Scope-of-Work Limitation as Incomplete Ethical Defense Invoked by Engineer A Report, Subdivision-Wide Structural Defect Notification Applied to Current Case, Subdivision-Wide Structural Defect Notification Obligation Invoked by Engineer A Tract Home Discovery, Sufficiency Assessment of Pri or Safety Reports Invoked by Engineer A Board Consultation, Third-Party Affected Party Direct Notification Obligation Invoked by Engineer A Subdivision Homeowners
hasObligation
Confidentiality Non-Override Public Danger Engineer A Current Case Insurance Client, Ethics Code Higher Standard Non-Reliance Engineer A Insurance Report Current Case, Faithful Agent Obligation With in Ethical Limits Engineer A Current Case Insurance Company, Incidental Observation Safety Disclosure Engineer A Current Case Subdivision Beam, Pri or Safety Report Sufficiency Self-Assessment Engineer A Current Case State Board Finding, Proportional Escalation Calibrated Risk Current Case Between BER 00-5 and 07-10, Risk Threshold Calibration Current Case Subdivision Non-Imminent Widespread Risk, Systemic Tract Defect Multi-Party Notification Engineer A Current Case Subdivision
Source Evidence
Source text
the State Board of Professional Engineers determined that 'Engineer A had fulfilled his professional obligation by notifying the insurance company, in writing, of the defect'
Text references
since this matter had the potential to affect several other homeowners in the subdivision, Engineer A should have explored additional steps, including contacting local building officials, as well as the local homeowners or community civic association, to advise them of his findings
the State Board of Professional Engineers determined that 'Engineer A had fulfilled his professional obligation by notifying the insurance company, in writing, of the defect'
under the NSPE Code of Ethics, Engineer A had an obligation to go further
TTL
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case78:Engineer_A_Current_Case_Subdivision_Tract_Defect_Reporting_Forensic_Engineer a proeth:SubdivisionTractDefectReportingForensicEngineer,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Current Case Subdivision Tract Defect Reporting Forensic Engineer" ;
proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case78:Confidentiality_Non-Applicability_Applied_to_Subdivision_Defect_Public_Danger,
case78:Confidentiality_Non-Applicability_to_Public_Danger_Disclosure_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Board_Contact,
case78:Ethics_Code_as_Higher_Standard_Than_Legal_Minimum_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Insurance_Report,
case78:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Within_Ethical_Limits_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Insurance_Client_Service,
case78:Incidental_Observation_Disclosure_Obligation_Applied_to_Systemic_Subdivision_Defect,
case78:Incidental_Observation_Disclosure_Obligation_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Beam_Investigation,
case78:Proactive_Risk_Disclosure_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_State_Board_Contact,
case78:Professional_Competence_in_Risk_Assessment_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Structural_Calculations,
case78:Proportional_Escalation_Calibrated_to_Subdivision_Defect_Risk,
case78:Public_Welfare_Paramount_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Subdivision_Forensic,
case78:Public_Welfare_Paramount_Invoked_in_Subdivision_Defect_Multi-Homeowner_Case,
case78:Scope-of-Work_Limitation_as_Incomplete_Ethical_Defense_Applied_to_Insurance_Report,
case78:Scope-of-Work_Limitation_as_Incomplete_Ethical_Defense_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Report,
case78:Subdivision-Wide_Structural_Defect_Notification_Applied_to_Current_Case,
case78:Subdivision-Wide_Structural_Defect_Notification_Obligation_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Tract_Home_Discovery,
case78:Sufficiency_Assessment_of_Prior_Safety_Reports_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Board_Consultation,
case78:Third-Party_Affected_Party_Direct_Notification_Obligation_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Subdivision_Homeowners ;
proeth-core:hasObligation case78:Confidentiality_Non-Override_Public_Danger_Engineer_A_Current_Case_Insurance_Client,
case78:Ethics_Code_Higher_Standard_Non-Reliance_Engineer_A_Insurance_Report_Current_Case,
case78:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Within_Ethical_Limits_Engineer_A_Current_Case_Insurance_Company,
case78:Incidental_Observation_Safety_Disclosure_Engineer_A_Current_Case_Subdivision_Beam,
case78:Prior_Safety_Report_Sufficiency_Self-Assessment_Engineer_A_Current_Case_State_Board_Finding,
case78:Proportional_Escalation_Calibrated_Risk_Current_Case_Between_BER_00-5_and_07-10,
case78:Risk_Threshold_Calibration_Current_Case_Subdivision_Non-Imminent_Widespread_Risk,
case78:Systemic_Tract_Defect_Multi-Party_Notification_Engineer_A_Current_Case_Subdivision ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer', 'specialty': 'Forensic structural investigation'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Forensic engineer retained by an insurance company who discovered a structural defect affecting multiple homeowners in a subdivision, bearing obligations beyond merely submitting a written report to the insurance company — including contacting local building officials and the local homeowners or community civic association" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "78" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T04:53:13.391527+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "78" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T04:53:13.391527+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'notifies', 'target': 'Homeowners Association / Community Civic Association'}",
"{'type': 'reports_to', 'target': 'Local Building Officials'}",
"{'type': 'retained_by', 'target': 'Insurance Forensic Investigation Client'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "public_responsibility" ;
proeth:roleclass "Subdivision Tract Defect Reporting Forensic Engineer" ;
proeth:sourcetext "the State Board of Professional Engineers determined that 'Engineer A had fulfilled his professional obligation by notifying the insurance company, in writing, of the defect'" ;
proeth:textreferences "since this matter had the potential to affect several other homeowners in the subdivision, Engineer A should have explored additional steps, including contacting local building officials, as well as the local homeowners or community civic association, to advise them of his findings",
"the State Board of Professional Engineers determined that 'Engineer A had fulfilled his professional obligation by notifying the insurance company, in writing, of the defect'",
"under the NSPE Code of Ethics, Engineer A had an obligation to go further" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 78 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T05:38:29.575158"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 78 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
78
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T04:53:13.391527+00:00
First case
78
Generated
2026-02-27T04:53:13.391527+00:00
Attributed to
Case 78 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T05:38:29.575158
Generated by
ProEthica Case 78 Extraction