Anecdotal story: This summer I was out at a Dam spillway installing some of my systems and got talking with the operator out there. He was commenting about the engineering of the facility and how impressive it was for the age it was built (50+ years ago) in comparison to the modern dam my government was currently building and all the lawsuits and issues its has even before opening. To him, at least, and I'd agree from his comments, business got too involved with engineering. They started running too many cost estimates and too many lowest-bidder contracts instead of building things for a century plus lifetime.

Shame to see that. I hope that our engineers continue to fight for proper surveys and designs rather than a race to the bottom.