Engineering is building at the fairest cost

We would like you to engage on leaving your opinion on this topic. โ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐โ.
We have the technology and means to build better from the start. As Peck mentioned in 1969 โ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น.
However, ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ of the design during construction, ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ by designing on the basis of the most probable rather than the most unfavorable possibilities. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ in the available information are ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ during construction, and the ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ in accordance with the findings.โ
The industry has evolved to become over conservative in order to cope with Geotechnical Uncertainty, and to avoid risk and liability, which leads to unnecessary expenses waiting tax payers money and to more carbon footprint than what would be strictly necessary. Is it possible to change how we work?, or is the industry not interested because it would threat their โway of livingโ?