"the designers realized that there would be tension forces on truss member #11 during the move"

Any "designer" (which includes the engineers) that would fail to realize that bridge components would have forces imposed on them during transport doesn't deserve to work in engineering or construction. Then again, maybe all the experienced and competent (and expensive) people have been funemployed in favor of cheaper, less-experienced software button-pushers who just think they are competent.

But they had CAD, 3D models and renderings and no doubt expensive, sophisticated stress analysis software. How could this have possibly happened?

Are you sure it was a bug and not a feature?

Are house prices declining as a result of this?

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Sorry, it was me.

My penguin died and fell on the F5 key while I was away last week.

"A hundred thousand in cash, getaway car and I want the letter M stricken from the English language."

- Steve _artin, "Hostages"

"STOP being ignorantly stuck in the idea that "AI" needs to be perfect in order to disrupt or replace humans. Put simply, it doens't. "

Fer chrissake, even spellcheck doesn't work right yet! (sorry)

But drafting/3D modelling can be tedious and boring, and I've found there not to be many engineers in the process plant design world who are doing it. Except in India/China of course, where you can get degreed engineers to operate PDMS for $5.75 an hour.

All I think about when I hear Revit is someone shrieking BIM at the top of their lungs for 30 minutes.

Junior AutoCAD drafters are no longer required because the software automates many of the tasks that they used to perform. So, insufficiently-experienced juniors get "promoted" to more senior positions while the old farts get laid-off because why not? They're too expensive anyway.

Well, this is what happens if the work hasn't already been offshored to India or China in the first place.

Ever try mentoring someone who is 12 time zones away and asleep while you are working?

Everything now is hype for headlines and continued funding, partially caused by social media madness. Not enough money left after PR and marketing expenses to do, like, actual stuff. Enjoy the decline.

How much you wanna bet that person didn't know what "This is not a drill" means? I am seriously concerned that software is turning people into morons. You can fake a lot of competence by using software, and why do you need to know all that stuff anyway?

Nonsense.

Why would Teh Russians, not known for their vibrant economy, concern for Americans or charitable nature, be giving tens of millions of dollars to *any* "charity" in the United States?

Why would that be? Do Teh Russians routinely donate to charities not named Clinton Foundation?

Plants start to die at what PPM?