Step 1: Contextual Framework Pass (Facts)

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Facts:
A public agency retains the services of VWX Architects and Engineers to perform a major scheduled overhaul of a bridge.
VWX Architects and Engineers retains the services of Engineer A, a civil engineer, as its subconsultant to perform bridge inspection services on the bridge.
Engineer A’s scope of work is solely to identify any pavement damage on the bridge and report the damage to VWX for further review and repair.
Three months prior to the beginning of the scheduled overhaul of the bridge, while traveling across the bridge, Police Officer B loses control of his patrol car.
The vehicle crashed into the bridge wall.
The wall failed to restrain the vehicle, which fell to the river below, killing Police Officer B.
While conducting the bridge inspection, and although not part of the scope of services for which he was retained, Engineer A notices an apparent pre-existing defective condition in the wall close to where the accident involving Police Officer B occurred.
Engineer A surmises that the defective condition may have been a contributing factor in the wall failure and notes this in his engineering notes.
Engineer A verbally reports this information to his client, which then verbally reports the information to the public agency.
The public agency contacts VWX Architects and Engineers which then contacts Engineer A and asks Engineer A not to include this additional information in his final report since it was not part of his scope of work.
Engineer A states that he will retain the information from his engineering notes but not include it in the final report, as requested.
Engineer A does not report this information to any other public agency or authority.