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I’m neither an engineer nor an architect, so this may come off as incredibly naive, but why wouldn’t layers of reinforcement — eg a retaining wall or guardrail

I’m neither an engineer nor an architect, so this may come off as incredibly naive, but why wouldn’t layers of reinforcement — eg a retaining wall or guardrail — some distance out and around the main pillars help mitigate this kind of risk?

pandaman 2y ago
It would. Places, where rivers freeze, manage to build bridges that do not get crushed by the moving ice using this technology.
- Tuna-Fish 2y ago
  The amount of force involved is much greater than involved with moving ice.