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PRACTICE PROMPT
Use this fictional setting to practise clear reasoning. It is not an assessment or institution paper.
The setting
A retail building where the client wants a column-free 30 m shopfront.
Your task
Write proposing an amendment that reduces the span while preserving the retail frontage.
What a useful response would show
Understanding of what the client needs from the frontage, as opposed to what they asked for.
Reflect afterwards
- What assumption mattered most?
- What would you check before using this on a real project?
- Could another engineer follow your recommendation?