Engineer A Present Case Coastal Risk Assessment

R · Role Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/87#Engineer_A_Present_Case_Coastal_Risk_Assessment
Definition

Licensed professional engineer who determined, based on historical weather patterns, newly released data, and a recently developed algorithm, that a residential development project should be built to a 100-year projected storm surge elevation, and who faces client refusal to adopt that standard on cost grounds, bearing obligations to continue advocating for the standard, withdraw if the client refuses, and consider contacting local government officials to advocate for updated regional building codes.

Properties
Instance of
Climate-AwareCoastalRiskAssessmentEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Climate-AwareCoastalRiskAssessmentEngineer
Attributes
licenseProfessional Engineer
specialtyCoastal risk assessment, hydrodynamic modeling
design_standard_recommended100-year projected storm surge elevation
technical_basisNewly released data and recently developed algorithm incorporating newly identified historic weather data
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Relationships
typeadvocates_to
targetLocal Government Officials
typeclient
targetClient A Cost-Refusing Developer
Role category
provider_client
Relationships
adheresToPrinciple Building Code Advocacy Engineer Principle Invoked By Engineer A, Building Code Advocacy Engineer Principle Invoked by Engineer A, Client Direction Does Not Authorize Ethical Violation Invoked By Engineer A, Client Direction Does Not Authorize Ethical Violation Invoked by Engineer A Coastal Case, Client Loyalty Obligation of Engineer A Bounded by Public Safety, Climate-Informed Infrastructure Design Standard Invoked By Engineer A, Climate-Informed Infrastructure Design Standard Invoked by Engineer A, Climate Change as Moving Target Invoked by Engineer A, Climate Change as Moving Target in Engineering Design Invoked By Engineer A, Faithful Agent Notification Obligation Invoked by Engineer A Coastal Case, Faithful Agent Notification Obligation for Project Success Risk Invoked By Engineer A, Non-Acquiescence to Client Directive Suppressing Safety Analysis Invoked By Engineer A, Non-Acquiescence to Client Directive Suppressing Safety Analysis Invoked by Engineer A, Post-Client-Refusal Escalation Assessment Obligation Invoked By Engineer A, Post-Client-Refusal Escalation Assessment Obligation Invoked by Engineer A, Proactive Risk Disclosure Invoked By Engineer A, Professional Competence in Risk Assessment Invoked By Engineer A, Project Withdrawal as Ethical Recourse Invoked by Engineer A, Proportional Escalation Obligation Invoked by Engineer A Coastal Case, Public Welfare Paramount Invoked By Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment, Public Welfare Paramount Invoked by Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment, Regulatory Gap Awareness Invoked by Engineer A Coastal Case, Regulatory Gap Awareness and Proactive Risk Disclosure Invoked By Engineer A, Written Documentation Requirement for Safety Notification Invoked By Engineer A
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.
Engineer A should also consider contacting local government officials to advocate for the implementation of appropriate and updated region-wide building codes
Engineer A should continue to pursue discussions with Client A to convince Client A of the danger
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.
If Client A refuses to agree with Engineer A's design standard, Engineer A should withdraw from the project.
TTL
@prefix case87: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/87#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> . @prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . case87:Engineer_A_Present_Case_Coastal_Risk_Assessment a proeth:Climate-AwareCoastalRiskAssessmentEngineer, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Engineer A Present Case Coastal Risk Assessment" ; proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case87:Building_Code_Advocacy_Engineer_Principle_Invoked_By_Engineer_A, case87:Building_Code_Advocacy_Engineer_Principle_Invoked_by_Engineer_A, case87:Client_Direction_Does_Not_Authorize_Ethical_Violation_Invoked_By_Engineer_A, case87:Client_Direction_Does_Not_Authorize_Ethical_Violation_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Coastal_Case, case87:Client_Loyalty_Obligation_of_Engineer_A_Bounded_by_Public_Safety, case87:Climate-Informed_Infrastructure_Design_Standard_Invoked_By_Engineer_A, case87:Climate-Informed_Infrastructure_Design_Standard_Invoked_by_Engineer_A, case87:Climate_Change_as_Moving_Target_Invoked_by_Engineer_A, case87:Climate_Change_as_Moving_Target_in_Engineering_Design_Invoked_By_Engineer_A, case87:Faithful_Agent_Notification_Obligation_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Coastal_Case, case87:Faithful_Agent_Notification_Obligation_for_Project_Success_Risk_Invoked_By_Engineer_A, case87:Non-Acquiescence_to_Client_Directive_Suppressing_Safety_Analysis_Invoked_By_Engineer_A, case87:Non-Acquiescence_to_Client_Directive_Suppressing_Safety_Analysis_Invoked_by_Engineer_A, case87:Post-Client-Refusal_Escalation_Assessment_Obligation_Invoked_By_Engineer_A, case87:Post-Client-Refusal_Escalation_Assessment_Obligation_Invoked_by_Engineer_A, case87:Proactive_Risk_Disclosure_Invoked_By_Engineer_A, case87:Professional_Competence_in_Risk_Assessment_Invoked_By_Engineer_A, case87:Project_Withdrawal_as_Ethical_Recourse_Invoked_by_Engineer_A, case87:Proportional_Escalation_Obligation_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Coastal_Case, case87:Public_Welfare_Paramount_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment, case87:Public_Welfare_Paramount_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment, case87:Regulatory_Gap_Awareness_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Coastal_Case, case87:Regulatory_Gap_Awareness_and_Proactive_Risk_Disclosure_Invoked_By_Engineer_A, case87:Written_Documentation_Requirement_for_Safety_Notification_Invoked_By_Engineer_A ; proeth-core:hasObligation case87:Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment_100-Year_Storm_Surge_Design_Standard_Recommendation, case87:Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment_Building_Code_Advocacy, case87:Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment_Client_Cost-Refusal_Non-Acquiescence, case87:Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment_Cost-Benefit_Safety_Primacy_Determination, case87:Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment_Newly_Released_Climate_Algorithm_Application_Competence, case87:Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment_No-Code_Jurisdiction_Climate_Risk_Proactive_Disclosure, case87:Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment_Objective_Completeness_Public_Authority_Reports, case87:Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment_Persistent_Client_Persuasion_Before_Withdrawal, case87:Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment_Post-Cost-Refusal_Escalation_Assessment, case87:Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment_Written_Documentation_Safety_Recommendation ; proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer', 'specialty': 'Coastal risk assessment, hydrodynamic modeling', 'design_standard_recommended': '100-year projected storm surge elevation', 'technical_basis': 'Newly released data and recently developed algorithm incorporating newly identified historic weather data'}" ; proeth:caseinvolvement "Licensed professional engineer who determined, based on historical weather patterns, newly released data, and a recently developed algorithm, that a residential development project should be built to a 100-year projected storm surge elevation, and who faces client refusal to adopt that standard on cost grounds, bearing obligations to continue advocating for the standard, withdraw if the client refuses, and consider contacting local government officials to advocate for updated regional building codes." ; proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ; proeth:confidence "0.92" ; proeth:discoveredincase "87" ; proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ; proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T15:32:43.202602+00:00" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "87" ; proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T15:32:43.202602+00:00" ; proeth:importance "high" ; proeth:relationships "{'type': 'advocates_to', 'target': 'Local Government Officials'}", "{'type': 'client', 'target': 'Client A Cost-Refusing Developer'}" ; proeth:rolecategory "provider_client" ; proeth:roleclass "Climate-Aware Coastal Risk Assessment Engineer" ; 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: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.", "Engineer A should also consider contacting local government officials to advocate for the implementation of appropriate and updated region-wide building codes", "Engineer A should continue to pursue discussions with Client A to convince Client A of the danger", "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.", "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 "2026-02-27T16:34:23.732793"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 87 Extraction" .
Metadata
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-05-28 16:26
Discovered in case
87
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T15:32:43.202602+00:00
First case
87
Generated
2026-02-27T15:32:43.202602+00:00
Attributed to
Case 87 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T16:34:23.732793
Generated by
ProEthica Case 87 Extraction