Engineer T Unexplored Alternative Design
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/9#Engineer_T_Unexplored_Alternative_Design
Properties
Instance of
UnexploredAlternativeDesignState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#UnexploredAlternativeDesignState
Active period
From project design phase through post-accident review and legal proceedings
Affected parties
Contractor
Engineer B
Engineer T
Injured construction worker
XYZ Consulting Engineers
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer T's structural modification design for the existing building
Terminated by
Not yet terminated; legal proceedings ongoing to determine whether omission constitutes error
Triggering event
Engineer T selected a single straightforward design approach without exploring alternatives, and a construction accident subsequently revealed a safer alternative existed
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer T selected a straightforward approach that required making structural connections immediately beneath floor level on an upper floor, in a tightly constrained space
Text references
Engineer T proceeded with the project per these parameters and did not explore alternative design approaches
Engineer T realized that had alternative design concepts been explored early on, the new structural modifications could have been proposed in a fundamentally different, more complex, but functionally equivalent way
Engineer T selected a straightforward approach that required making structural connections immediately beneath floor level on an upper floor, in a tightly constrained space
The alternative approach would have been more costly and taken more time, but it would have allowed the construction workers to make all connections while standing on the floor such that injury would have been far less likely
TTL
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case9:Engineer_T_Unexplored_Alternative_Design a proeth:UnexploredAlternativeDesignState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer T Unexplored Alternative Design" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From project design phase through post-accident review and legal proceedings" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Contractor",
"Engineer B",
"Engineer T",
"Injured construction worker",
"XYZ Consulting Engineers" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "9" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-24T22:30:58.950003+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "9" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-24T22:30:58.950003+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer T selected a straightforward approach that required making structural connections immediately beneath floor level on an upper floor, in a tightly constrained space" ;
proeth:stateclass "Unexplored Alternative Design State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer T's structural modification design for the existing building" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Not yet terminated; legal proceedings ongoing to determine whether omission constitutes error" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer T proceeded with the project per these parameters and did not explore alternative design approaches",
"Engineer T realized that had alternative design concepts been explored early on, the new structural modifications could have been proposed in a fundamentally different, more complex, but functionally equivalent way",
"Engineer T selected a straightforward approach that required making structural connections immediately beneath floor level on an upper floor, in a tightly constrained space",
"The alternative approach would have been more costly and taken more time, but it would have allowed the construction workers to make all connections while standing on the floor such that injury would have been far less likely" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Engineer T selected a single straightforward design approach without exploring alternatives, and a construction accident subsequently revealed a safer alternative existed" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 9 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-24T22:41:24.551773"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 9 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
9
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-24T22:30:58.950003+00:00
First case
9
Generated
2026-02-24T22:30:58.950003+00:00
Attributed to
Case 9 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-24T22:41:24.551773
Generated by
ProEthica Case 9 Extraction