Seen a few projects which are equivalent to a tenant cutting off structural columns in a high/mid rise to install safes. Are people going to be punished for dem

Seen a few projects which are equivalent to a tenant cutting off structural columns in a high/mid rise to install safes. Are people going to be punished for demanding impossible customizations or attempting them, or rewarded for "keeping the integrity" like magicalhippo and their client did, as mentioned in their comment?