Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment Post-Cost-Refusal Escalation Assessment
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/87#Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment_Post-Cost-Refusal_Escalation_Assessment
Properties
Instance of
Post-Cost-RefusalStormSurgeEscalationAssessmentObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Post-Cost-RefusalStormSurgeEscalationAssessmentObligation
Case context
Client A refused to build to the 100-year storm surge standard on cost grounds; Engineer A must assess whether withdrawal alone is sufficient or whether escalation to authorities is required
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.86
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A (coastal risk assessment, present case)
Obligation statement
After Client A refused to accept the 100-year storm surge elevation standard, Engineer A was obligated to assess whether the nature, probability, and severity of the identified storm surge risk — including the risk to future residents of the coastal residential development and the general public — was sufficiently serious to require escalation beyond the client relationship to local government officials, regulatory authorities, or the public.
Temporal scope
Upon Client A's refusal to accept the 100-year storm surge elevation standard and upon or after withdrawal from the project
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Client A Cost-Based Refusal of 100-Year Storm Surge Standard
derivedFromPrinciple
Post-Client-Refusal Escalation Assessment Obligation Invoked By Engineer A
Source Evidence
Source text
If Client A refuses to agree with Engineer A's design standard, Engineer A should withdraw from the project.
Text references
Engineer A should also consider contacting local government officials to advocate for the implementation of appropriate and updated region-wide building codes in all jurisdictions for the geographical area where or near where the residential development project is being built.
If Client A refuses to agree with Engineer A's design standard, Engineer A should withdraw from the project.
TTL
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case87:Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment_Post-Cost-Refusal_Escalation_Assessment a proeth:Post-Cost-RefusalStormSurgeEscalationAssessmentObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment Post-Cost-Refusal Escalation Assessment" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case87:Client_A_Cost-Based_Refusal_of_100-Year_Storm_Surge_Standard ;
proeth:casecontext "Client A refused to build to the 100-year storm surge standard on cost grounds; Engineer A must assess whether withdrawal alone is sufficient or whether escalation to authorities is required" ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.86" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case87:Post-Client-Refusal_Escalation_Assessment_Obligation_Invoked_By_Engineer_A ;
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 "Post-Cost-Refusal Storm Surge Escalation Assessment Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "After Client A refused to accept the 100-year storm surge elevation standard, Engineer A was obligated to assess whether the nature, probability, and severity of the identified storm surge risk — including the risk to future residents of the coastal residential development and the general public — was sufficiently serious to require escalation beyond the client relationship to local government officials, regulatory authorities, or the public." ;
proeth:sourcetext "If Client A refuses to agree with Engineer A's design standard, Engineer A should withdraw from the project." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon Client A's refusal to accept the 100-year storm surge elevation standard and upon or after withdrawal from the project" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A should also consider contacting local government officials to advocate for the implementation of appropriate and updated region-wide building codes in all jurisdictions for the geographical area where or near where the residential development project is being built.",
"If Client A refuses to agree with Engineer A's design standard, Engineer A should withdraw from the project." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 87 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T16:34:23.747157"^^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
2026-02-27T16:34:23.747157
Generated by
ProEthica Case 87 Extraction