Engineer A Building Code Advocacy Storm Surge Obligation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/87#Engineer_A_Building_Code_Advocacy_Storm_Surge_Obligation
Properties
Instance of
BuildingCodeAdvocacyforStormSurgeProtectionObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#BuildingCodeAdvocacyforStormSurgeProtectionObligation
Case context
The geographic area has no applicable building code, and Engineer A has identified a public safety risk from storm surge that no regulatory standard currently addresses.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.82
Importance
medium
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A should consider advocating to local government officials for adoption of building codes that address 100-year storm surge elevation requirements, so that future development in the no-code jurisdiction is subject to enforceable minimum safety standards protecting residents from foreseeable climate-driven storm surge risk.
Temporal scope
Following completion of the risk assessment and upon or after Client A's refusal to accept the recommendation
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
The geographic area in which Client A is planning to build the project currently has no building code in place.
Text references
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.
The geographic area in which Client A is planning to build the project currently has no building code in place.
TTL
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case87:Engineer_A_Building_Code_Advocacy_Storm_Surge_Obligation a proeth:BuildingCodeAdvocacyforStormSurgeProtectionObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Building Code Advocacy Storm Surge Obligation" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case87:Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Written_Risk_Notification_Storm_Surge_Obligation ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case87:Post-Client-Refusal_Regional_Code_Advocacy_Obligation,
<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/87#Regulatory_Standard_Climate_Gap_—_No_Code_Jurisdiction> ;
proeth:casecontext "The geographic area has no applicable building code, and Engineer A has identified a public safety risk from storm surge that no regulatory standard currently addresses." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.82" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case87:Building_Code_Advocacy_Engineer_Principle_Invoked_By_Engineer_A,
case87:Proportional_Escalation_Obligation_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Coastal_Case ;
proeth:discoveredincase "87" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T15:37:08.527715+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "87" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T15:37:08.527715+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Building Code Advocacy for Storm Surge Protection Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A should consider advocating to local government officials for adoption of building codes that address 100-year storm surge elevation requirements, so that future development in the no-code jurisdiction is subject to enforceable minimum safety standards protecting residents from foreseeable climate-driven storm surge risk." ;
proeth:sourcetext "The geographic area in which Client A is planning to build the project currently has no building code in place." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Following completion of the risk assessment and upon or after Client A's refusal to accept the recommendation" ;
proeth:textreferences "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.",
"The geographic area in which Client A is planning to build the project currently has no building code in place." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 87 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T16:34:23.736036"^^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
2026-02-27T15:37:08.527715+00:00
First case
87
Generated
2026-02-27T15:37:08.527715+00:00
Attributed to
Case 87 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T16:34:23.736036
Generated by
ProEthica Case 87 Extraction