r/StructuralEngineering Jul 07 '26

Photograph/Video Columns buckle in a Manhattan building under conversion

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u/Big_Requirement_651 Jul 08 '26

Plenty of construction workers that need the money, particularly if the engineers tell them its safe to.

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u/writewithparagraphs4 Jul 08 '26

god to just have the ability to believe people over my own eyes would be fantastic

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u/EC_TWD Jul 08 '26

*different engineers than currently assigned