concrete didnt meet the
specification.
2.0 Code of ethics violated in the
construction process
2.1 Management side
2.1.1 The management Ball, Ball and
Brosamer (3Bs) that responsible as
the runaway paving contractor has
violated some of ethics when:
- In order to save cost and gaining more
profit the 3Bs has altered the recipe
of the concrete mixture to use less
cement and more gravel and sand.
- 3B has altered the receipt for the
materials that has been deliver by CSI
trucking In order to covering up the
additional ingredient that been used to
dilute the mixture to be found by
others. By doing this, there are no
records about the material.
Here the code of ethic that has been
violated is by falsifying the mixture of the
concrete in order to save their cost.
Thus, they also didnt hold paramount
the safety of the public by risking public
safety with the unreliable and below
standard concrete paving.
2.1.2 The management of Empire
laboratories that responsible for
concrete inspection report.
- The test report from this company has
been falsified to hide the results
which showed that some of the
- To make the concrete seem stronger
than it was, the 7day tests had been
altered. The company also claimed
that altering test data was their
standard operating procedure.
- The company has violated some of the
code of ethics like issue public
statement in truthful manner and
avoid deceptive act. Hereby, the
company has edit and falsifies the
data of the concrete strength report.
The Empire also didnt works by
the higher standard of honest and
dignity as the professional obligation
should, because of the standard
operating procedure in the company
is altering test data.
2.2 Company Personal
2.2.1 For 3Bs personal
- They have edit (fools) the computer
by tempering with the scale use to
weight the material and by inputting a
false numbers for moisture content.
This will forced the computer to alter
the mixture to use less cement.
- The operator cover up the un-correct
recipe by changing to correct recipe
when there are inspection held. This
is done so that the concrete would
appear to be correctly formulated.
The code of ethic that has been violated here
is to hold paramount the safety of public.
The personal should notify or overrule the
management of the company for the
misconduct activities.
2.2.2 For Empire personal
 - They alter the data of the test report to
cover-up the result that the concrete
did not meet the specification.

The empire personal should notice the need

of objectivity and honesty in reporting result
of test and experiment. They should avoid
any deceptive act.

3.0 Guide from NSPE that can prevent

this case study

This case study of Denver Airport can be

prevented if all the parties involved in this
project works with professionalism and use
the code of ethic from NSPE as a guide.

i. Engineers shall hold paramount the

safety, health and welfare of the
public.
ii. Engineers shall issue public statement
only in an objective and truthful
manner.
iii. Engineer shall avoid deceptive acts.

The guide from the code of ethic will help

their judgment and lead them to more
professional and ethical.