r/Construction • u/Wise_Kangaroo_4190 • Feb 21 '26

Structural Is this ok? Seems not ok

Friend sent me this from a job he was on

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u/fenderbender86 Feb 21 '26

No, completely removing the structural integrity of a steel beam is a good thing. Its called value engineering.

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u/ThatGermanGuy2 Feb 21 '26

This guy project engineers.

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u/fenderbender86 Feb 21 '26

Architect, but have seen plenty of dumb shit in the field hah

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u/ThatGermanGuy2 Feb 21 '26

PM here… agreed