Client A Cost-Based Refusal of 100-Year Storm Surge Standard
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/87#Client_A_Cost-Based_Refusal_of_100-Year_Storm_Surge_Standard
Properties
Instance of
Client-RejectedEngineerSafetyElevationRecommendationState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Client-RejectedEngineerSafetyElevationRecommendationState
Active period
From Client A's refusal of the 100-year storm surge elevation recommendation through either client agreement, engineer withdrawal, or project completion
Affected parties
Client A (developer)
Engineer A
Future residents of the development
General public in the geographic area
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's relationship with Client A regarding the residential development project safety standard
Terminated by
Either Client A's agreement to adopt the standard, Engineer A's withdrawal from the project, or adoption of updated regional building codes
Triggering event
Client A's explicit refusal to adopt Engineer A's 100-year projected storm surge elevation standard on cost grounds
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
While the desire of the developer to reduce costs is understandable and a legitimate consideration, when weighed against the apparent substantial risk to life and property, the latter consideration should prevail.
Text references
Engineer A should continue to pursue discussions with Client A to convince Client A of the danger in which future residents, as well as the general public, could be placed
If Client A refuses to agree with Engineer A's design standard, Engineer A should withdraw from the project.
While the desire of the developer to reduce costs is understandable and a legitimate consideration, when weighed against the apparent substantial risk to life and property, the latter consideration should prevail.
TTL
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case87:Client_A_Cost-Based_Refusal_of_100-Year_Storm_Surge_Standard a proeth:Client-RejectedEngineerSafetyElevationRecommendationState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Client A Cost-Based Refusal of 100-Year Storm Surge Standard" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From Client A's refusal of the 100-year storm surge elevation recommendation through either client agreement, engineer withdrawal, or project completion" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Client A (developer)",
"Engineer A",
"Future residents of the development",
"General public in the geographic area" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "87" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T15:32:20.581418+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "87" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T15:32:20.581418+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "While the desire of the developer to reduce costs is understandable and a legitimate consideration, when weighed against the apparent substantial risk to life and property, the latter consideration should prevail." ;
proeth:stateclass "Client-Rejected Engineer Safety Elevation Recommendation State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's relationship with Client A regarding the residential development project safety standard" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Either Client A's agreement to adopt the standard, Engineer A's withdrawal from the project, or adoption of updated regional building codes" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A should continue to pursue discussions with Client A to convince Client A of the danger in which future residents, as well as the general public, could be placed",
"If Client A refuses to agree with Engineer A's design standard, Engineer A should withdraw from the project.",
"While the desire of the developer to reduce costs is understandable and a legitimate consideration, when weighed against the apparent substantial risk to life and property, the latter consideration should prevail." ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Client A's explicit refusal to adopt Engineer A's 100-year projected storm surge elevation standard on cost grounds" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 87 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T16:34:23.731092"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 87 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
87
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T15:32:20.581418+00:00
First case
87
Generated
2026-02-27T15:32:20.581418+00:00
Attributed to
Case 87 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T16:34:23.731092
Generated by
ProEthica Case 87 Extraction