Engineer A Graduated Escalation Before Withdrawal Storm Surge Obligation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/87#Engineer_A_Graduated_Escalation_Before_Withdrawal_Storm_Surge_Obligation
Properties
Instance of
GraduatedEscalationBeforeProjectWithdrawalObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#GraduatedEscalationBeforeProjectWithdrawalObligation
Case context
Client A refused to accept Engineer A's 100-year storm surge recommendation on cost grounds, triggering the graduated escalation obligation before withdrawal is appropriate.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A is obligated, following Client A's refusal to build to the 100-year storm surge elevation, to pursue a graduated sequence of escalation steps — first engaging Client A in substantive discussion about the need for the recommended standard, then proposing to document the concern in an engineering report for regulatory and public consideration, and only withdrawing from the project if Client A refuses both courses of action — before treating withdrawal as the appropriate response.
Temporal scope
Following Client A's refusal to accept the 100-year storm surge recommendation
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Client A Cost-Based Refusal of 100-Year Storm Surge Standard
Source Evidence
Source text
Because of the increased cost, Owner refuses to agree that the residential development project be built to a 100-year projection storm surge elevation.
Text references
Because of the increased cost, Owner refuses to agree that the residential development project be built to a 100-year projection storm surge elevation.
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:Engineer_A_Graduated_Escalation_Before_Withdrawal_Storm_Surge_Obligation a proeth:GraduatedEscalationBeforeProjectWithdrawalObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Graduated Escalation Before Withdrawal Storm Surge Obligation" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case87:Engineer_A_Non-Acquiescence_Client_Cost_Refusal_Storm_Surge_Obligation ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case87:Client_A_Cost-Based_Refusal_of_100-Year_Storm_Surge_Standard ;
proeth:casecontext "Client A refused to accept Engineer A's 100-year storm surge recommendation on cost grounds, triggering the graduated escalation obligation before withdrawal is appropriate." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case87:Project_Withdrawal_as_Ethical_Recourse_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 "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Graduated Escalation Before Project Withdrawal Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A is obligated, following Client A's refusal to build to the 100-year storm surge elevation, to pursue a graduated sequence of escalation steps — first engaging Client A in substantive discussion about the need for the recommended standard, then proposing to document the concern in an engineering report for regulatory and public consideration, and only withdrawing from the project if Client A refuses both courses of action — before treating withdrawal as the appropriate response." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Because of the increased cost, Owner refuses to agree that the residential development project be built to a 100-year projection storm surge elevation." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Following Client A's refusal to accept the 100-year storm surge recommendation" ;
proeth:textreferences "Because of the increased cost, Owner refuses to agree that the residential development project be built to a 100-year projection storm surge elevation.",
"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 "2026-02-27T16:34:23.736851"^^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
2026-02-27T16:34:23.736851
Generated by
ProEthica Case 87 Extraction