Untangling them would be potentially difficult in terms of engineering, and costly in time and money.
As he puts it, "what the professionals can do in terms of engineering an organism is really rudimentary.
In terms of engineering, dams fall into several distinct classes defined by structural type and by building material.
Piranesi vigorously championed the superiority of Roman building, both in terms of engineering and richness of ornament, tracing its origins not to the Greeks but the Etruscans.
Instead of taking a blunderbuss approach to improving their service, perhaps at huge cost in terms of engineering, they can plan more intelligently and intervene more selectively in a knowledge-led approach to the problem.
"The breadth and depth of talent and passion in General Motors in terms of engineering talent, desire to do great cars, desire to design great cars, is unparalleled," G.M.'s vice chairman and car guru, Robert A. Lutz, said this week.
Under G.M.'s control, Saab was hobbled by a small range of models as well as a sense that it was less connected to its Scandinavian base in terms of engineering and design.
On an everyday level, in terms of engineering meetings and so on, that will be true.
"We think we are around 18 months ahead of the market in terms of engineering capabilities.
