<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Down the bureaucratic rabbit hole with the Corps of Engineers]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Tasermons Partner http://www.grist.org/article/restoring-coastal-restoration/ Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:02:14 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/restoring-coastal-restoration/1 There's an old sayin'...

...amongst the architects, landscape architects, city planners, ecological system restoration experts, and evn amongst interior designers...

"If the engineers had an ounce of creativity or imagination...then the rest of us would be out of a job."

An engineer's duty is to come up with the most efficient and cost-efficient way of construction...all other duties and considerations come second.

And, as I know from personal and professional experience...engineers absolutely HATE IT when they have to change their plans later to accomodate a new factor or input, or if they're (gasp) forced to come up with an innovative solution.

In fact, only a few of 'em are even capable of comin' up with anything that's new, innovative, or outside established parameters.

It just goes against their nature.

]]> There's an old sayin'...

...amongst the architects, landscape architects, city planners, ecological system restoration experts, and evn amongst interior designers...

"If the engineers had an ounce of creativity or imagination...then the rest of us would be out of a job."

An engineer's duty is to come up with the most efficient and cost-efficient way of construction...all other duties and considerations come second.

And, as I know from personal and professional experience...engineers absolutely HATE IT when they have to change their plans later to accomodate a new factor or input, or if they're (gasp) forced to come up with an innovative solution.

In fact, only a few of 'em are even capable of comin' up with anything that's new, innovative, or outside established parameters.

It just goes against their nature.

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