Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment 100-Year Storm Surge Design Standard Recommendation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/87#Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment_100-Year_Storm_Surge_Design_Standard_Recommendation
Properties
Instance of
100-YearStormSurgeDesignStandardRecommendationObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#100-YearStormSurgeDesignStandardRecommendationObligation
Case context
Engineer A determined based on hydrodynamic modeling and newly released climate data that the 100-year storm surge elevation was required to protect future residents and the public; Client A refused on cost grounds
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A (coastal risk assessment, present case)
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to formally recommend to Client A that the residential development project be built to the 100-year projected storm surge elevation, including the scientific and professional basis for the recommendation — specifically the newly released climate data and recently developed algorithm incorporating newly identified historic weather data — even when Client A refused to accept the increased cost.
Temporal scope
Upon completion of the hydrodynamic modeling and coastal risk assessment, and before or upon Client A's cost-driven refusal
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Client A Cost-Based Refusal of 100-Year Storm Surge Standard
derivedFromPrinciple
Climate-Informed Infrastructure Design Standard Invoked By Engineer A, Professional Competence in Risk Assessment Invoked By Engineer A, Public Welfare Paramount Invoked By Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment, Public Welfare Paramount Invoked by Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A has determined, based on historical weather patterns and data, that the residential development project should be built to a 100-year projected storm surge elevation.
Text references
Engineer A has determined, based on historical weather patterns and data, that the residential development project should be built to a 100-year projected storm surge elevation.
The BER must presume that Engineer A's determination is based upon a reasonable and good faith belief that a less stringent standard would place future residents, as well as the general public, at risk and have the potential to cause significant property and environmental damage.
The facts suggest that Engineer A's determination is based upon technical information—including newly released information as well as a recently developed algorithm that includes newly identified historic weather data.
TTL
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case87:Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment_100-Year_Storm_Surge_Design_Standard_Recommendation a proeth:100-YearStormSurgeDesignStandardRecommendationObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment 100-Year Storm Surge Design Standard Recommendation" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case87:Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment_Cost-Benefit_Safety_Primacy_Determination ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case87:Client_A_Cost-Based_Refusal_of_100-Year_Storm_Surge_Standard ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A determined based on hydrodynamic modeling and newly released climate data that the 100-year storm surge elevation was required to protect future residents and the public; Client A refused on cost grounds" ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case87:Climate-Informed_Infrastructure_Design_Standard_Invoked_By_Engineer_A,
case87:Professional_Competence_in_Risk_Assessment_Invoked_By_Engineer_A,
case87:Public_Welfare_Paramount_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment,
case87:Public_Welfare_Paramount_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment ;
proeth:discoveredincase "87" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T15:43:01.811893+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "87" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T15:43:01.811893+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A (coastal risk assessment, present case)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "100-Year Storm Surge Design Standard Recommendation Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to formally recommend to Client A that the residential development project be built to the 100-year projected storm surge elevation, including the scientific and professional basis for the recommendation — specifically the newly released climate data and recently developed algorithm incorporating newly identified historic weather data — even when Client A refused to accept the increased cost." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A has determined, based on historical weather patterns and data, that the residential development project should be built to a 100-year projected storm surge elevation." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon completion of the hydrodynamic modeling and coastal risk assessment, and before or upon Client A's cost-driven refusal" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A has determined, based on historical weather patterns and data, that the residential development project should be built to a 100-year projected storm surge elevation.",
"The BER must presume that Engineer A's determination is based upon a reasonable and good faith belief that a less stringent standard would place future residents, as well as the general public, at risk and have the potential to cause significant property and environmental damage.",
"The facts suggest that Engineer A's determination is based upon technical information—including newly released information as well as a recently developed algorithm that includes newly identified historic weather data." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 87 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T16:34:23.747413"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 87 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
87
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T15:43:01.811893+00:00
First case
87
Generated
2026-02-27T15:43:01.811893+00:00
Attributed to
Case 87 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T16:34:23.747413
Generated by
ProEthica Case 87 Extraction