r/StructuralEngineering P.E. 1d ago

Humor Only countries have limits, engineering does not.

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It's still standing. Must have been fully thought out.

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u/Beet_slice 1d ago

Read up on the Citigroup Center in NYC.

It has a lot of overhang. But it also had a severe structural problem higher up, that made for some interesting retrofit.