Could the staff at your engineering firm design a building today using only the tools and technologies that were available in the 1980s?
Thirty years ago, most design sketches were drafted by hand using slide rules, T-squares, compasses, and log tables. Scientific calculators and word processors were reserved for the most sophisticated engineering firms. References to Ohm’s Law, Fourier Transforms, and Maxwell’s Equations could only be discovered in hardbound books. Communication was limited to landline telephones. No on-site phones, screens, or texting.