Step 1: Contextual Framework Pass (Facts)

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Facts:
Engineer A prepared subdivision plans for a client.
These plans included a 5-sheet set of grading plans and a 38-sheet set of public improvement plans.
Each set had a cover sheet and all sheets in each set were signed and sealed by Engineer A.
The client was not satisfied with the plans, so he discharged Engineer A after paying the complete fee for production of the plans.
The client asked Engineer A for his original drawings.
Engineer A complied, retaining a set of reproducibles.
Engineer B was later retained by the client to review and redesign the project.
The client gave Engineer B the set of plans produced by Engineer A to use as a guide in the redesign.
Engineer B reviewed the original drawings, made changes on the grading plans, including deletion of one sheet, raising the elevation of the housing pads and changing routing of the street.
Engineer B did not note what changes were made nor did he sign any of the sheets, including the cover sheet.
Engineer B also made major design changes to the storm drains, pipe dimensions, sewers, and utilities in the public improvement plans.
He made no notation of the changes, did not sign the plans, and left Engineer A's seal and signature intact.
Engineer B placed a note on the title sheet of the public improvement plans, leaving Engineer A's signature and seal intact, stating that he, Engineer B, is taking responsibility for the "revisions of the plans," making no notation what those changes were.
At no time after Engineer B was retained were there any communications between the two engineers.