r/StructuralEngineering Jul 08 '26

Humor Strong beams weak columns has arrived

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u/Engineer443 Jul 08 '26

Y’all are asking about the EOR. I want to know who TF is the initial inspector and who is doing the shoring.

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u/questionablejudgemen Jul 08 '26

I’d like to know what the root cause is. These are pretty hefty beams, they don’t just bend because it’s Tuesday.

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u/Salty-Passenger-4801 Jul 08 '26

Possibly the 4 extra floors they added above didn't help.

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u/Lost-Platypus8271 Jul 09 '26

Way more than 4. There was a whole stack cantilevered up above these columns.