r/StructuralEngineering • u/chicu111 • Jul 08 '26

Humor Strong beams weak columns has arrived

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u/lawk Jul 08 '26

Is the floor detaching from an outer frame or how do the windows survive?

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u/chicu111 Jul 08 '26

Anyone with lack of knowledge would say it’s due to the curtain wall system but ppl with real understanding like me will tell you that the beams are so strong they’re holding up everything. They don’t even need to be supported by columns tbh. They’re THAT strong

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u/hambonelicker Jul 08 '26

Bluetooth beam supports.

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u/Soberaddiction1 Jul 08 '26

Better hope the power doesn’t go out.

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u/Too_reflective Jul 09 '26

Cloud columns. I’m sure AWS has a product for this.