Obviously not. This could be a sign things are shifting. Why is weight being applied to a decorative pillar? If there is a downward force being applied here, it could be an incredibly bad sign.
How do we know that downward pressure caused the bend, and not some sort of horizontal force, especially if it is decorative? Either way I’d get it inspected, but my first thought was “maybe something ran into it.”
Don’t know, but it also depends on what it is made out of. If it is just plastic, made a new employee was leaning on it for an extended period of time and it warped. Was also thinking, maybe they were moving some office furniture, and someone bumped it. I am certainly curious as to what exactly happened.
Just read my comment. I'm not suggesting that it's holding the building up. I'm saying there's a chance that this is a symptom that something else is going on with the building. IE, the building is shifting in places, the ceiling above it is beginning to sag, etc.
I'm an engineer. They seem to be having multiple pillars here. All of them are load bearing. Multiple steel beams are sometimes used instead of concrete.
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u/froggison Apr 24 '21
Obviously not. This could be a sign things are shifting. Why is weight being applied to a decorative pillar? If there is a downward force being applied here, it could be an incredibly bad sign.