“Failure of Review: The contractor suggested the rod change to ease construction, but the structural engineering firm approved the change without performing calculations or conducting a detailed review.“
Just. Wow. Damn. I’d never have believed professionals on so big a project could be that stupid.
Mind boggling isn’t it ?
I’m not an engineer so I do not know what the process is for design changes .
If the builder suggested a design change I would have expected that the proposed change would have been reviewed by engineers, not architects or tradesmen .
Hey Bob the Builder says we have a design change, oh, ok, sounds good.
This failure and collapse never should have happened.