Here’s what I want, no… here’s what we all need you to do;

Go into Eurocode, AASHTO, IBC, whatever, and simplify that shit. Use AI. Management loves AI. I’m a yank, so my poison is AASHTO, but someone ANYONE needs to do the math and zero out all the BS checks, reduction factors, and nonsensical masters theses commentary in the text and reduce it down. A lot. I’m talking like 1950’s ASD level simple Guide spec that fits in your back pocket. Yes, that was a real thing.

FACT - more analysis creates more mistakes and errors by omission.

FACT - 95% of bridges and steel framing is simple low buck overpasses and non high rise buildings.

FACT - it takes 10-15 times as long to design basic steel framing now than it did only a generation ago

FACT - it’s getting to the point that the cost to design a common steel frame overpass costs as much as the steel frame. We are already WAY PAST the point where economizing steel quantities with additional design is cost effective. Have been for years. You spend about a dollar on design for every ten cents you save in erected steel cost, and that’s not just the quantity, it’s the more complex fabrication, erection, detailing, and materials sourcing.