Every structural innovation aims to improve safety and efficiency – but the two don’t always go hand in hand.
🔹 Advances in materials science have allowed us to build taller, stronger, and lighter structures.
🔹 Computational modeling has improved precision, reducing unnecessary overdesign.
🔹 New safety codes have prevented failures, but some have also slowed innovation.
At what point does risk management turn into risk avoidance? If we overdesign, we waste time, money, and materials. If we under-design, we risk failure. Where’s the balance?
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