This is how some other professions operate. In a strict sense of what a profession is supposed to be and not counting the economic factor, doctors care more about loss of life than loss of a limb. If they have to save your life by cutting off your limb, they will.
If you read the building code (I have), sudden collapses are something that need to be avoided at all cost, think the recent sky scraper in Florida.
Restoring a structure instead of rebuilding after damage puts a lot of responsibility on the Civil Engineers because ultimately they are the ones who sign off on the plans that basically say this structure will not collapse at the blink of an eye. Older buildings get retrofitted all the time but those are also very expensive. Retrofitting is done to bring the building up to code and not fix a damaged building.
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This is how some other professions operate. In a strict sense of what a profession is supposed to be and not counting the economic factor, doctors care more about loss of life than loss of a limb. If they have to save your life by cutting off your limb, they will.
If you read the building code (I have), sudden collapses are something that need to be avoided at all cost, think the recent sky scraper in Florida.
Restoring a structure instead of rebuilding after damage puts a lot of responsibility on the Civil Engineers because ultimately they are the ones who sign off on the plans that basically say this structure will not collapse at the blink of an eye. Older buildings get retrofitted all the time but those are also very expensive. Retrofitting is done to bring the building up to code and not fix a damaged building.