Public Health and Safety—Building Codes to Address Environmental Risk
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Engineer A should continue to pursue discussions with Client A to convince Client A of the danger in which future residents, as well as the general public, could be placed, and the potential for significant property and environmental damage. If Client A refuses to agree with Engineer A’s design standard, Engineer A should withdraw from the project.
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As the BER has noted on several occasions, engineers play an essential role in society by taking steps and actions to ensure that products, systems, facilities, structures, and the land surrounding them are reasonably safe. Sometimes engineers are placed in situations in which they must balance their obligations to their employer or client with their obligations to protect the public health and safety. NSPE Code Section III.2.d. places some additional responsibilities on engineers for the protection of the environment.
In BER Case No. 04-8, Engineer A, an environmental engineer, performed wetland delineation services on the client’s wetland site. A few months after Engineer A completed the services, he drove by his client’s property and noticed that the client had installed a substantial amount of fill material on more than half an acre across a portion of the wetlands without any permits, variances, or permissions. The installation of the fill material was a substantial violation of the federal and state laws and regulations. In its decision, the BER set forth an appropriate course of action for Engineer A, concluding that Engineer A should contact the client, inquire about the actions the client had taken, and point out that the actions were a violation of the law—and that steps needed to be taken to remedy the violation or obtain a variance from the proper authorities. In this connection, the engineer should advise that the remedial actions should be in full compliance with all applicable environmental laws and regulations, which may include review by a licensed engineer. If appropriate steps were not taken by the client, Engineer A had an obligation to bring the matter to the attention of the appropriate authorities.
In BER Case 07-6, Engineer A was a principal in an environmental engineering firm and had been requested by a developer client to prepare an analysis of a piece of property adjacent to a wetlands area for potential development as a residential con...
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Engineer A is an engineer in private practice. Engineer A is retained by Client A, a developer, to perform hydrodynamic modeling and coastal risk assessment in connection with potential climate change and sea level rise for a residential development project near a coastal area. The geographic area in which Client A is planning to build the project currently has no building code in place. Based on newly released information as well as a recently developed algorithm that includes newly identified historic weather data, 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. Because of the increased cost, Owner refuses to agree that the residential development project be built to a 100-year projection storm surge elevation.
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What are Engineer A’s obligations under the circumstances?
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Engineer A Wetland Delineation Case (BER 04-8)
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Environmental Biologist Specialist (BER 07-6)
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A licensed professional engineering role in which an engineer, having withdrawn from or completed a project due to...
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A licensed professional engineering role in which an engineer performs wetland delineation services for a client and...
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A licensed professional engineering role in which an engineer serving as a principal in an environmental engineering...
Wetland Site Client (BER 04-8)
Client whose wetland site was delineated by Engineer A and who subsequently installed illegal fill material on more...
Engineer A Threatened Species Case (BER 07-6)
Principal in an environmental engineering firm who received a biologist's report that a condominium project could...
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Engineer A Present Case Coastal Risk Assessment
Licensed professional engineer who determined, based on historical weather patterns, newly released data, and a...
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Developer client who retained Engineer A for coastal risk assessment and design standard recommendations for a...
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Principles
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Client Direction Does Not Authorize Ethical Violation
Professional principle establishing that an engineer's receipt of explicit client instructions to perform work in a...
Building Code Advocacy Engineer Principle Invoked By Engineer A
Engineer A should consider advocating to local government officials for adoption of building codes that address...
Faithful Agent Notification Obligation Invoked by Engineer A Coastal Case
Engineer A was required to continue pursuing discussions with Client A to advise of the danger to future residents...
Objectivity Principle Invoked by Engineer A BER 07-6
Engineer A was required to be objective and truthful in the professional report submitted to the public authority,...
Public Welfare Paramount
Fundamental principle requiring engineers to hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public above...
Non-Acquiescence to Client Directive Suppressing Safety Analysis
Professional principle prohibiting engineers from acquiescing to client directives that would result in the omission...
Faithful Agent Notification Obligation for Project Success Risk
Relational principle requiring engineers acting as faithful agents of their clients to advise clients in writing of...
Public Welfare Paramount Invoked By Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment
Engineer A determined that the residential development project must be built to a 100-year projected storm surge...
Climate-Informed Infrastructure Design Standard Invoked By Engineer A
Engineer A applied newly released information and a recently developed algorithm incorporating newly identified...
Regulatory Gap Awareness and Proactive Risk Disclosure Invoked By Engineer A
Engineer A must recognize and disclose that the geographic area has no applicable building code, that this...
Climate Change as Moving Target in Engineering Design Invoked By Engineer A
Engineer A treated newly released climate data and a recently developed storm surge modeling algorithm as dynamic...
Non-Acquiescence to Client Directive Suppressing Safety Analysis Invoked By Engineer A
Engineer A must not acquiesce to Client A's cost-driven refusal to build to the 100-year storm surge elevation,...
Client Direction Does Not Authorize Ethical Violation Invoked By Engineer A
Client A's instruction to proceed with a design standard below the 100-year storm surge elevation does not authorize...
Post-Client-Refusal Escalation Assessment Obligation Invoked By Engineer A
Following Client A's refusal to build to the 100-year storm surge elevation, Engineer A must assess whether the...
Faithful Agent Notification Obligation for Project Success Risk Invoked By Engineer A
Engineer A must advise Client A in writing that building the residential development below the 100-year storm surge...
Written Documentation Requirement for Safety Notification Invoked By Engineer A
Engineer A must document in writing the recommendation to build to the 100-year storm surge elevation, the...
Proactive Risk Disclosure Invoked By Engineer A
Engineer A must proactively communicate the identified storm surge risk to Client A, to local government officials...
Client Loyalty Obligation of Engineer A Bounded by Public Safety
Engineer A owes Client A a duty of faithful service in performing the hydrodynamic modeling and coastal risk...
Public Welfare Paramount Invoked by Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment
Engineer A determined that a 100-year projected storm surge elevation standard was necessary to protect future...
Climate-Informed Infrastructure Design Standard Invoked by Engineer A
Engineer A applied newly released data and a recently developed algorithm incorporating newly identified historic...
Climate Change as Moving Target Invoked by Engineer A
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Regulatory Gap Awareness Invoked by Engineer A Coastal Case
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Non-Acquiescence to Client Directive Suppressing Safety Analysis Invoked by Engineer A
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Client Direction Does Not Authorize Ethical Violation Invoked by Engineer A Coastal Case
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Building Code Advocacy Engineer Principle Invoked by Engineer A
Engineer A was advised to contact local government officials to advocate for the implementation of appropriate and...
Project Withdrawal as Ethical Recourse Invoked by Engineer A
Engineer A was required to withdraw from the coastal development project if Client A refused to accept the 100-year...
Environmental Law Violation Reporting Obligation Invoked by Engineer A Wetland Case BER 04-8
Engineer A, having incidentally observed unauthorized wetland fill on a former client's property, was required to...
Incidental Observation Disclosure Obligation Invoked by Engineer A Wetland Case
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Objective Completeness in Public Authority Reports Invoked by Engineer A BER 07-6
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Regulatory Gap Awareness and Proactive Risk Disclosure
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Post-Client-Refusal Escalation Assessment Obligation
Professional principle requiring engineers who have disclosed a material public safety or welfare risk to a client...
Climate Change as Moving Target in Engineering Design
Domain-specific principle requiring engineers to treat climate and weather patterns as dynamic, evolving conditions...
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Professional Competence in Risk Assessment Invoked By Engineer A
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Environmental Stewardship in Engineering Practice Invoked by Engineer A Wetland and Threatened Species Cases
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Environmental Law Violation Reporting Obligation
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Objective Completeness in Public Authority Reports
Professional principle requiring engineers who prepare written reports or analyses that will be submitted to a...
Project Withdrawal as Ethical Recourse When Safety Standards Rejected
Professional principle establishing that when a client refuses to accept an engineer's professionally determined...
Proportional Escalation Obligation Invoked by Engineer A Coastal Case
The breadth of the coastal storm surge risk - affecting not just the immediate development but all jurisdictions in...
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Building Code Advocacy for Storm Surge Protection Obligation
Duty of a licensed professional engineer who has identified a public safety risk arising from the absence of...
Engineer A 100-Year Storm Surge Recommendation Obligation
Engineer A is obligated to formally recommend in writing that Client A's residential development project be built to...
Engineer A No-Code Jurisdiction Climate Risk Disclosure Obligation
Engineer A is obligated to proactively disclose to Client A and local government officials that the geographic area...
Engineer A Building Code Advocacy Storm Surge Obligation
Engineer A should consider advocating to local government officials for adoption of building codes that address...
Engineer A Preliminary Judgment Risk Disclosure Qualification Storm Surge Obligation
Engineer A is obligated to disclose the identified storm surge risk to Client A and relevant parties while clearly...
Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment Persistent Client Persuasion Before Withdrawal
Engineer A was obligated to continue pursuing substantive discussions with Client A to convince Client A of the...
Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment Cost-Benefit Safety Primacy Determination
Engineer A was obligated to determine and communicate to Client A that the client's legitimate cost-reduction...
Engineer A Wetland Case BER 04-8 Environmental Law Violation Client Inquiry and Remediation Direction
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Engineer A Threatened Species Case BER 07-6 Threatened Species Report Inclusion
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Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment Building Code Advocacy
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Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment Client Cost-Refusal Non-Acquiescence
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Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment Newly Released Climate Algorithm Application Competence
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Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment No-Code Jurisdiction Climate Risk Proactive Disclosure
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Engineer A Graduated Escalation Before Withdrawal Storm Surge Obligation
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100-Year Storm Surge Design Standard Recommendation Obligation
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No-Code Jurisdiction Climate Risk Proactive Disclosure Obligation
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Client Cost-Refusal Non-Acquiescence Storm Surge Safety Obligation
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Post-Cost-Refusal Storm Surge Escalation Assessment Obligation
Duty of a licensed professional engineer who has recommended a 100-year storm surge design standard to a client and...
Newly Released Climate Algorithm Application Competence Obligation
Duty of a licensed professional engineer performing coastal risk assessment to apply newly released climate data and...
Coastal Risk Assessment Written Documentation of Safety Recommendation Obligation
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Engineer A Non-Acquiescence Client Cost Refusal Storm Surge Obligation
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Engineer A Post-Cost-Refusal Escalation Assessment Storm Surge Obligation
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Engineer A Threatened Species Case BER 07-6 Non-Endangered Threatened Species Disclosure
Engineer A was obligated to recognize that the professional duty to disclose environmental risks to the public...
Engineer A Newly Released Algorithm Application Competence Obligation
Engineer A is obligated to apply newly released climate data and the recently developed storm surge modeling...
Engineer A Written Documentation Safety Recommendation Client Refusal Obligation
Engineer A is obligated to document in writing the 100-year storm surge recommendation, its scientific and...
Engineer A Faithful Agent Written Risk Notification Storm Surge Obligation
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Engineer A Formal Client Project Failure Risk Notification Storm Surge Obligation
Engineer A is obligated to formally advise Client A in writing that the residential development project - defined in...
Engineer A Climate Change Moving Target Design Consideration Storm Surge Obligation
Engineer A is obligated to treat future climate and weather conditions - including storm surge projections - as a...
Engineer A Client Budget Constraint Disclosure Storm Surge Obligation
Engineer A is obligated to clearly communicate to Client A that Client A's refusal to fund construction to the...
Non-Endangered Threatened Species Environmental Risk Disclosure Obligation
Duty of a licensed professional engineer preparing environmental analysis for a development project to recognize...
Persistent Client Safety Persuasion Before Withdrawal Obligation
Duty of a licensed professional engineer who has determined that a client's cost-driven refusal to adopt a...
Cost-Benefit Safety Primacy Determination Obligation
Duty of a licensed professional engineer who has identified a substantial risk to life, property, and environmental...
Environmental Law Violation Client Inquiry and Remediation Direction Obligation
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Threatened Species Report Inclusion Obligation
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Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment Objective Completeness Public Authority Reports
Engineer A was obligated to be objective and truthful in any professional reports, statements, or testimony...
Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment Post-Cost-Refusal Escalation Assessment
After Client A refused to accept the 100-year storm surge elevation standard, Engineer A was obligated to assess...
Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment 100-Year Storm Surge Design Standard Recommendation
Engineer A was obligated to formally recommend to Client A that the residential development project be built to the...
Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment Written Documentation Safety Recommendation
Engineer A was obligated to document in writing the recommendation to build to the 100-year storm surge elevation,...
Engineer A Wetland Case BER 04-8 Incidental Observation Safety Disclosure
Engineer A was obligated to disclose the incidentally observed unauthorized wetland fill to the client and, if the...
Engineer A Threatened Species Case BER 07-6 Faithful Agent Client Notification of Inclusion
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States
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Newly Released Climate Data Informing Safety Standard
The technical basis for Engineer A's 100-year storm surge elevation recommendation
Engineer A Private Practice Client Relationship
Engineer A's professional engagement with Client A (developer)
No Building Code Jurisdiction State
State in which a proposed construction project is located in a geographic area that has no applicable building code...
No Building Code in Project Jurisdiction
The geographic area of the proposed coastal residential development
Climate-Informed 100-Year Storm Surge Elevation Recommendation
Engineer A's professional judgment regarding storm surge elevation standard for the coastal residential development
Client Refusal of 100-Year Storm Surge Elevation Recommendation
Client A's explicit refusal to adopt Engineer A's 100-year storm surge elevation recommendation on cost grounds
Client A Cost-Based Refusal of 100-Year Storm Surge Standard
Engineer A's relationship with Client A regarding the residential development project safety standard
No Building Code Jurisdiction for Residential Development Project
The geographic jurisdiction in which the residential development project is located
Post-Client-Refusal Regional Code Advocacy Obligation
Engineer A's professional obligation to engage local government following Client A's refusal of the safety standard...
Public Safety at Risk from Inadequate Storm Surge Design Standard
Future residents and general public exposed to foreseeable storm surge risk if the lower design standard is adopted
Environmental Damage Risk from Inadequate Storm Surge Standard
The land and environment surrounding the residential development project
Confirmed Risk Without Adequate Safeguards - Storm Surge Elevation
The identified storm surge risk to the coastal residential development and the client's refusal to implement the...
Moving Target Climate Baseline - Coastal Storm Surge
The climate and weather data baseline applicable to the coastal residential development project
Public Safety at Risk - Coastal Residential Development Storm Surge
Future residents and the general public in the coastal area of the proposed residential development
Regulatory Standard Climate Gap - No Code Jurisdiction
The absence of any building code in the project jurisdiction, compounded by the inadequacy of any existing standards...
Client-Rejected Engineer Safety Elevation Recommendation State
State in which a licensed professional engineer has formed and communicated a specific, technically grounded...
Client Cost-Driven Safety Standard Rejection State
State in which a developer or client has explicitly refused to adopt an engineer's technically grounded safety...
Post-Client-Refusal Governmental Code Advocacy Obligation State
State in which a licensed professional engineer, having been refused by a client on a safety standard recommendation...
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Resources
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Engineer Public Safety Escalation - Local Government Building Code Advocacy
Referenced as the basis for Engineer A's option to contact local government officials to advocate for updated...
Coastal Hazard and Storm Surge Design Standard
Professional norms, technical guidance, and analytical procedures governing the design of coastal residential and...
Engineer Safety Recommendation Rejection Standard
Professional norms and ethical obligations governing the conduct of engineers when a client or owner refuses to...
NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers
Primary normative authority governing Engineer A's obligations when the client refuses to implement the recommended...
Hydrodynamic Modeling and Coastal Risk Assessment Methodology
Technical basis for Engineer A's determination that the project should be built to a 100-year projected storm surge...
Climate-Adjusted Hydraulic and Coastal Design Standard
Provides the technical and professional framework for incorporating climate change projections, sea level rise, and...
NSPE Code of Ethics Section III.2.d
Cited as placing additional responsibilities on engineers for the protection of the environment, grounding Engineer...
BER Case No. 04-8
Cited as precedent establishing the course of action for engineers who discover clients have violated environmental...
BER Case No. 07-6
Cited as precedent establishing the obligation of engineers to include all relevant and pertinent information in...
Coastal Hazard Storm Surge Algorithm and Historic Weather Data
Referenced as the technical basis for Engineer A's determination that the residential development should be built to...
Engineer Public Safety Escalation Standard - Client Refusal Context
Governs Engineer A's obligations after the owner refuses to build to the recommended 100-year storm surge elevation,...
Qualitative Risk Assessment - Storm Surge Public Safety
Engineer A's professional assessment of the likelihood and magnitude of harm to future residents from storm surge at...
Absence of Local Building Code - Unregulated Jurisdiction Context
The absence of a local building code is a legally and ethically significant contextual fact: it means there is no...
Engineer Safety Recommendation Rejection Standard - Storm Surge Context
Applied to determine Engineer A's obligations when Client A refuses to accept the 100-year storm surge design...
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Actions
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Determine 100-Year Surge Standard
Continue Advocating Higher Safety Standard
Withdraw from Project
Contact Government Officials for Code Advocacy
Accept Coastal Risk Engagement
Apply Newly Released Algorithm and Data
Present Findings to Client
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Events
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New Algorithm Released
No Building Codes Exist
100-Year Surge Standard Identified
Client Refuses Higher Standard
Public Safety Risk Persists
Prior BER Cases Contextualized
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Capabilities
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Hydrodynamic Modeling and Coastal Risk Assessment Competence
Technical capability to perform hydrodynamic modeling and coastal risk assessment - including application of newly...
Building Code Advocacy for Coastal Storm Surge Protection Capability
Capability of a licensed professional engineer who has identified a public safety risk arising from the absence of...
Engineer A Hydrodynamic Modeling Coastal Risk Assessment Competence
Engineer A possesses expert-level hydrodynamic modeling and coastal risk assessment competence, enabling application...
Engineer A Building Code Advocacy Storm Surge
Engineer A should possess the capability to recognize the professional opportunity and obligation to advocate to...
Engineer A Wetland Case BER 04-8 Environmental Law Violation Client Inquiry Capability
Engineer A possessed the capability to recognize that a client's unauthorized wetland fill constituted a substantial...
Engineer A Present Case Cost-Benefit Safety Primacy Determination Capability
Engineer A possessed the capability to determine, based on technical analysis of historical weather patterns and...
Engineer A Present Case Persistent Client Safety Persuasion Capability
Engineer A possessed the capability to continue pursuing substantive discussions with Client A to convince Client A...
Engineer A Present Case Building Code Advocacy Capability
Engineer A possessed the capability to recognize the professional opportunity and obligation to advocate to local...
Engineer A Present Case No-Code Jurisdiction Proactive Safety Recommendation Capability
Engineer A possessed the capability to recognize that the geographic area had no applicable building code addressing...
Engineer A Wetland Case BER 04-8 Incidental Observation Capability
Engineer A possessed the capability to recognize, upon incidentally driving by the client's property after...
Engineer A Threatened Species Case BER 07-6 Faithful Agent Client Notification Capability
Engineer A possessed the capability to advise the developer client that the biologist's threatened species findings...
Engineer A Storm Surge Cost-Refusal Non-Acquiescence
Engineer A is obligated to possess and exercise the capability to refrain from acquiescing to Client A's cost-driven...
Engineer A Public Welfare Paramountcy Storm Surge
Engineer A must possess the capability to recognize that professional obligations to public health, safety, and...
Cost-Benefit Safety Primacy Determination and Communication Capability
Capability of a licensed professional engineer who has identified a substantial risk to life, property, and...
No-Code Jurisdiction Proactive Safety Standard Recommendation Capability
Capability of a licensed professional engineer performing coastal risk assessment or similar hazard evaluation in a...
Storm Surge Elevation Cost-Refusal Non-Acquiescence Capability
Capability of a licensed professional engineer who has recommended a specific storm surge design elevation standard...
Storm Surge Post-Refusal Escalation Assessment Capability
Capability of a licensed professional engineer who has recommended a 100-year storm surge design standard to a...
Engineer A Newly Released Algorithm Application Competence
Engineer A possesses the technical competence to identify, access, and apply newly released climate data and...
Engineer A Climate Moving Target Design Adaptation
Engineer A demonstrates the capability to treat future climate and weather conditions - including storm surge...
Engineer A No-Code Jurisdiction Proactive Safety Standard Recommendation
Engineer A possesses the capability to recognize that the absence of a building code in the geographic area does not...
Engineer A Climate-Adjusted Design Standard Gap Identification
Engineer A demonstrates the capability to recognize that the no-code jurisdiction has not adopted design standards...
Engineer A Storm Surge Post-Refusal Escalation Assessment
Engineer A must possess the capability to assess whether Client A's refusal to build to the 100-year storm surge...
Engineer A Post-Client-Override Regulatory Escalation Assessment Storm Surge
Engineer A must possess the capability to assess whether Client A's refusal to build to the 100-year storm surge...
Engineer A Faithful Agent Written Risk Notification Storm Surge
Engineer A must possess the capability to correctly calibrate the faithful agent written risk notification...
Engineer A Preliminary Judgment Risk Disclosure Qualification Storm Surge
Engineer A must possess the capability to disclose the identified storm surge risk to Client A and relevant parties...
Engineer A Graduated Escalation Before Withdrawal Storm Surge
Engineer A must possess the capability to pursue a graduated sequence of escalation steps following Client A's...
Engineer A Project Failure Risk Notification Storm Surge
Engineer A must possess the capability to redefine 'project success' in terms of the public health and safety...
Engineer A Technical Literature Currency Storm Surge Algorithm
Engineer A demonstrates the capability to actively monitor, retrieve, and incorporate newly published technical...
Engineer A Client Budget Constraint Disclosure Storm Surge
Engineer A must possess the capability to clearly and completely communicate to Client A that the refusal to fund...
Environmental Law Violation Client Inquiry and Remediation Direction Capability
Capability of a licensed professional engineer who incidentally observes that a client has taken unauthorized...
Threatened Species Environmental Risk Report Inclusion Capability
Capability of a licensed professional engineer who is a principal in an environmental engineering firm and who...
Persistent Client Safety Persuasion Before Withdrawal Capability
Capability of a licensed professional engineer who has determined that a client's cost-driven refusal to adopt a...
Engineer A Threatened Species Case BER 07-6 Report Inclusion Capability
Engineer A, as principal in an environmental engineering firm, possessed (and was obligated to exercise) the...
Engineer A Present Case Hydrodynamic Modeling Capability
Engineer A possessed the technical capability to perform hydrodynamic modeling and coastal risk assessment -...
Engineer A Present Case Storm Surge Non-Acquiescence Capability
Engineer A possessed the capability to refrain from acquiescing to Client A's cost-driven refusal to build to the...
Engineer A Present Case Post-Cost-Refusal Escalation Assessment Capability
Engineer A possessed the capability to assess whether the nature, probability, and severity of the identified storm...
Engineer A Present Case Climate Moving Target Design Capability
Engineer A possessed the capability to recognize and apply the principle that future climate and weather conditions...
Engineer A Present Case Public Welfare Paramountcy Recognition Capability
Engineer A possessed the capability to recognize that professional obligations to public health, safety, and welfare...
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Constraints
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Client Cost-Refusal Storm Surge Standard Non-Acquiescence Constraint
Ethical and professional constraint prohibiting a licensed professional engineer who has determined, based on newly...
Engineer A Client Budget Limitation Storm Surge Design Constraint
Engineer A faces a resource constraint arising from Client A's refusal to fund construction to the 100-year storm...
Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment Written Documentation Constraint
Engineer A is constrained to include all relevant and pertinent factual information in any written report or...
Engineer A Newly Released Algorithm Competence Currency Storm Surge
Engineer A is constrained from relying on outdated datasets or superseded modeling methods when newly released...
Engineer A No-Code Jurisdiction Self-Imposed Safety Standard Constraint
Engineer A is constrained from treating the absence of a building code in the project jurisdiction as permission to...
No-Code Jurisdiction Engineer Safety Standard Self-Imposition Constraint
Ethical and professional constraint arising when a licensed professional engineer performs coastal risk assessment...
Newly Released Climate Algorithm Competence Currency Constraint
Competence constraint requiring that a licensed professional engineer performing coastal risk assessment apply newly...
Engineer A Client Cost-Refusal Non-Acquiescence Storm Surge Constraint
Engineer A is constrained from acquiescing to Client A's cost-driven refusal to build to the 100-year storm surge...
Client Cost-Refusal Withdrawal Trigger Constraint
Ethical and professional constraint establishing that a licensed professional engineer who has determined that a...
Cost-Benefit Safety Primacy Non-Subordination Constraint
Ethical and professional constraint establishing that when a licensed professional engineer has determined that a...
Post-Client-Refusal Regional Code Advocacy Permissibility Constraint
Ethical and professional constraint establishing that a licensed professional engineer who has withdrawn from a...
Environmental Law Incidental Observation Client Inquiry Constraint
Ethical and professional constraint arising when a licensed professional engineer incidentally observes that a...
Threatened Species Non-Endangered Environmental Report Inclusion Constraint
Ethical and professional constraint requiring that a licensed professional engineer who receives a credible report...
Engineer A Client Cost-Refusal Withdrawal Trigger Storm Surge
Engineer A must withdraw from the coastal residential development project if Client A definitively refuses to adopt...
Engineer A Cost-Benefit Safety Primacy Storm Surge Non-Subordination
Engineer A is prohibited from subordinating the paramount public safety obligation - protection of future residents...
Engineer A No-Code Jurisdiction Safety Standard Self-Imposition Storm Surge
Engineer A is constrained from treating the absence of a building code in the project jurisdiction as implicit...
Engineer A Client Cost-Refusal Non-Acquiescence Storm Surge Safety
Engineer A is prohibited from acquiescing to Client A's cost-driven refusal to build to the 100-year projected storm...
Engineer A Persistent Persuasion Before Withdrawal Storm Surge
Engineer A is constrained from immediately withdrawing from the coastal residential development project upon Client...
Engineer A Post-Withdrawal Regional Code Advocacy Storm Surge
Engineer A is permitted and encouraged - but not mandated - to contact local government officials following...
Engineer A BER 04-8 Environmental Law Violation Client Inquiry Wetland Fill
Engineer A is constrained from remaining silent about the observed unauthorized wetland fill - despite the...
Engineer A BER 04-8 Environmental Law Violation Regulatory Escalation Wetland Fill
Engineer A is constrained from treating client non-compliance with the directive to remediate the unauthorized...
Engineer A BER 07-6 Threatened Species Report Inclusion Constraint
Engineer A is constrained from omitting the biologist's threatened species findings from the written report...
Engineer A BER 07-6 Threatened Species Client Notification Inclusion Constraint
Engineer A is constrained from suppressing or omitting the threatened species findings from the public authority...
Engineer A Climate Moving Target Design Baseline Storm Surge
Engineer A is constrained from treating historical climate and weather data as a fixed, reliable baseline for the...
Engineer A Public Safety Paramount Client Cost Preference Storm Surge
Engineer A is constrained by the foundational engineering canon that public safety, health, and welfare must be held...
Engineer A Client Budget Limitation Storm Surge Design Standard
Engineer A faces a resource constraint arising from Client A's financial limitations and cost-reduction objectives...
Engineer A Written Documentation Safety Recommendation Client Refusal Storm Surge
Engineer A is constrained to document in writing the 100-year storm surge recommendation, its scientific and...
Engineer A Environmental Protection Additional Responsibility Storm Surge
Engineer A is subject to additional professional responsibilities for the protection of the environment arising from...
Engineer A Climate Moving Target Design Baseline Constraint - Coastal Storm Surge
Engineer A is constrained from treating historical climate and weather data as a fixed, reliable baseline for the...
Engineer A Climate-Adjusted Design Standard Gap - No Code Jurisdiction
Engineer A is constrained from treating the absence of any applicable local building code - or any existing code...
Engineer A Graduated Escalation Before Withdrawal - Storm Surge Client Refusal
Engineer A is constrained, following Client A's refusal to build to the 100-year storm surge elevation, to pursue a...
Engineer A Preliminary Judgment Disclosure Qualification - Storm Surge Risk
Engineer A is constrained, when disclosing the identified storm surge risk to Client A and relevant parties, to...
Engineer A Newly Released Algorithm Competence Currency Constraint - Coastal Storm Surge
Engineer A is constrained to apply the newly released climate data and recently developed storm surge modeling...
Engineer A Public Safety Paramount Over Client Cost Preference - Storm Surge
Engineer A is constrained by the foundational engineering canon that public safety, health, and welfare must be held...
Engineer A Post-Client-Refusal Escalation Assessment Constraint - Storm Surge
Engineer A is constrained, following Client A's refusal to build to the 100-year storm surge elevation, to assess...
Engineer A Capital Constraint Resilience Gap Disclosure - Storm Surge Elevation
Engineer A is constrained to disclose to Client A and relevant decision-making authorities the resilience gap...
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