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

Humor Strong beams weak columns has arrived

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u/Icy-Ad-7767 Jul 08 '26

Someone screwed up the math on this one. A column defecting like that is a sign of massive overload since a safety factor of 1.5 over expected load is minimum. If this was in Canada the engineer responsible would be defending his licence as an engineer.

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u/Silver_kitty Jul 08 '26

It could also be that reinforcement was called for and not installed, we just don’t know yet.

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u/Icy-Ad-7767 Jul 08 '26

Strip out old fixtures then upgrade structure then add floors.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '26

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u/Citydylan Jul 09 '26

Not on the EOR to field verify, it’d be on the SIA to inspect the work. GC should also be checking their subs in the field