[sjg007]

Are you suggesting it’s ok for the contractor to not follow the plans?

[Czarcasm]

Of course it’s not ideal, but in the real world the designs are often impossible or impractical to build. If work halted every time construction workers came across a design that didn’t work, instead of tweaking the design onsite and keeping going, nothing would get built.

Source: multi-generational heavy construction family business.

[sjg007]

So in the case of a tructural support columns or foundations, How does the contractor insure they are still safe and capable of performing?