Climate Change as Moving Target in Engineering Design Invoked By Engineer A
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/87#Climate_Change_as_Moving_Target_in_Engineering_Design_Invoked_By_Engineer_A
Properties
Instance of
ClimateChangeasMovingTargetinEngineeringDesign
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ClimateChangeasMovingTargetinEngineeringDesign
Applied to
100-year storm surge elevation design standard recommendation
Hydrodynamic modeling and coastal risk assessment
Balancing with
Client cost preferences
Prior historical design standards
Concrete expression
Engineer A treated newly released climate data and a recently developed storm surge modeling algorithm as dynamic inputs to the design standard recommendation, rather than relying on static historical baselines, resulting in a recommendation to build to the 100-year projected storm surge elevation
Confidence
0.94
Importance
high
Interpretation
In this context, the principle requires Engineer A to apply the most current available climate science — including newly released data and recently developed algorithms — to the coastal risk assessment, recognizing that the trajectory of climate change rather than historical averages governs the appropriate design standard
Invoked by
Engineer A Present Case Coastal Risk Assessment
Tension resolution
Current climate science trajectory governs the design standard; historical baselines that understate future risk are insufficient for forward-looking coastal development design
Source Evidence
Source text
Based on newly released information as well as a recently developed algorithm that includes newly identified historic weather data, Engineer A believes the residential development project should be built to a 100-year projected storm surge elevation
Text references
Based on newly released information as well as a recently developed algorithm that includes newly identified historic weather data, Engineer A believes the residential development project should be built to a 100-year projected storm surge elevation
due to public safety risks even at lower projections of future surge level rise
TTL
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case87:Climate_Change_as_Moving_Target_in_Engineering_Design_Invoked_By_Engineer_A a proeth:ClimateChangeasMovingTargetinEngineeringDesign,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Climate Change as Moving Target in Engineering Design Invoked By Engineer A" ;
proeth:appliedto "100-year storm surge elevation design standard recommendation",
"Hydrodynamic modeling and coastal risk assessment" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client cost preferences",
"Prior historical design standards" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A treated newly released climate data and a recently developed storm surge modeling algorithm as dynamic inputs to the design standard recommendation, rather than relying on static historical baselines, resulting in a recommendation to build to the 100-year projected storm surge elevation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.94" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "87" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T15:35:25.619322+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "87" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T15:35:25.619322+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "In this context, the principle requires Engineer A to apply the most current available climate science — including newly released data and recently developed algorithms — to the coastal risk assessment, recognizing that the trajectory of climate change rather than historical averages governs the appropriate design standard" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Present Case Coastal Risk Assessment" ;
proeth:principleclass "Climate Change as Moving Target in Engineering Design" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Based on newly released information as well as a recently developed algorithm that includes newly identified historic weather data, Engineer A believes the residential development project should be built to a 100-year projected storm surge elevation" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Current climate science trajectory governs the design standard; historical baselines that understate future risk are insufficient for forward-looking coastal development design" ;
proeth:textreferences "Based on newly released information as well as a recently developed algorithm that includes newly identified historic weather data, Engineer A believes the residential development project should be built to a 100-year projected storm surge elevation",
"due to public safety risks even at lower projections of future surge level rise" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 87 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T16:34:23.733790"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 87 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
87
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-27T15:35:25.619322+00:00
First case
87
Generated
2026-02-27T15:35:25.619322+00:00
Attributed to
Case 87 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T16:34:23.733790
Generated by
ProEthica Case 87 Extraction