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[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do engineers make these decisions though?

Yes.

The way that it works is that the plans for every construction project like this must be stamped by a licensed engineer, or else they cannot legally be built. Then, the construction itself must be supervised by another licensed engineer, to ensure that the as-built condition conforms to the plans or that changes are properly vetted for safety.

Under this fact pattern while engineers are responsible to protest, I would posit the ultimate discioson maker should be held criminally liable first then we can talk about engineers proffesional responsibilities.

That "fact pattern" is false. The ultimate decision maker, the person who should be held criminally liable, is the principal engineer who stamped the plans.

This is what licensing engineers is for!

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fair but practically how would such refusal would play out?

Firing or some shiti office transfer?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Yet again: the way it's supposed to work is that retaliating against the engineer would be pointless because every possible replacement would stand on principle just the same.