"Also we have building codes etc that regulate construction work" by that statement I'll assume American. Are you familiar with this: https://en.wikipedia.org/

"Also we have building codes etc that regulate construction work" by that statement I'll assume American. Are you familiar with this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Bridge,_London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Bridge,_London ? (also see Tacoma Narrows for the classic example - wind loading, rather than people but resonance is resonance). Bridges do fail when people jump up and down on them or at least cause resonance based effects by simply walking in lock step. You might be unfamiliar with resonance, which is a right bugger to deal with but Sir NF and co designed a bridge which was a suspension(ish) job but looked flat. It looks lovely but I recall looking at it and having misgivings (easy to say now). To me it screamed transverse loading, which isn't the normal thing that an IT bod shouts about. He (Sir Norman Foster) had a part to play in this beauty amongst others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_Viaduct#/media/File:Viaduc_de_Millau_1.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_Viaduct#/media/File:Via... - the WP article does not really do it justice at a glance. "Also we have building codes etc that regulate construction work ... but there is not equivalent for computers." - My point exactly. There should be, and then perhaps m'learned friends could then get involved to debate the matter with something to work with. At the moment it is bollocks.