There very much can be. It depends on the situation. This is what courts are for. This is in the structural engineering field. Architects design a pretty building and lay out the interior. Structural engineers tell them if and how it’s possible. If the the SE is shown to be horribly negligent, and their negligence results in death and/or bodily injury then yeah, criminal charges are absolutely on the table.
Edit: In my experience, structural engineers are the most conservative (and I don’t mean that politically.) They do not take any risks, at all. Understandably. They get big mad at me when my roof-mounted gear goes 1,000 pounds over what they expected. They’ve got a 30% safety factor, and that extra weight chews into that safety factor. For SEs, that’s not a “safety factor.” That’s the minimum design profile. I got much respect for SEs. They don’t fuck around because they know people’s lives are at stake.
There very much can be. It depends on the situation. This is what courts are for. This is in the structural engineering field. Architects design a pretty building and lay out the interior. Structural engineers tell them if and how it’s possible. If the the SE is shown to be horribly negligent, and their negligence results in death and/or bodily injury then yeah, criminal charges are absolutely on the table.
Edit: In my experience, structural engineers are the most conservative (and I don’t mean that politically.) They do not take any risks, at all. Understandably. They get big mad at me when my roof-mounted gear goes 1,000 pounds over what they expected. They’ve got a 30% safety factor, and that extra weight chews into that safety factor. For SEs, that’s not a “safety factor.” That’s the minimum design profile. I got much respect for SEs. They don’t fuck around because they know people’s lives are at stake.