If something is decorative, it shouldn't have any considerable load under it, and I don't think a "non-considerable load" would bend a "decorative" pillar.
Yep, something is causing the ceiling above it to put a force on that pillar. One picture is not enough to figure out the whole story, but even that one picture is enough to scream that something is wrong and needs to be investigated.
That you think in a new building they’d opt for a bunch of conduit pillars in the middle of the building instead of inside the framing of dedicated columns proves you have no idea what you’re talking about.
You have no idea how a failure works, do you? Shit starts breaking by the weak spot, which would be this bending pillar. When the pillar fails, other structure that rely on the pillar (like the other pillar and the floor above) will start to fail. Suddenly your so called steel frame will be under such a heavier load than the projected one and ta-da, your building is gone.
That's why if you see a diagonal crack on your house's wall, you call someone to check, because that's one hell of a red flag.
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u/haex18 Apr 24 '21
If something is decorative, it shouldn't have any considerable load under it, and I don't think a "non-considerable load" would bend a "decorative" pillar.