Having a masters degree in structural engineering from the top 15 structural engineering program in the country, and 32 years of structural engineering experience, I would do the structural assessment myself.@bgytr looks like you found a supporter that belongs in the 0.003% group that does not support anthropogenic climate change evidence.
Let me ask you a question. You come up on a bridge over a ravine that you need to cross. The 200 year old wooden bridge is in a very dubious state, pilings have fallen over, support beams are missing, some planks in the bridge deck are gone and there is a lot of rot visible. The alternative is that you need to drive three hours extra to reach your destination if you take an alternate route. All of a sudden there are 100.000 engineers/surveyors stepping out of the woods. They have all surveyed the bridge, measured everything there is to measure and made millions of calculations. Out of those 100.000 engineers there are 99.997 that say that the bridge will not support the weight of your truck and you will crash and die in the ravine, there are only 3 out of the 100.000 that have come to the conclusion that they don't think 'it is that bad'.
Which group would you listen to and would you cross the bridge or not.
And with that 32 years experience in an R and D environment and seeing how funding gets apportioned, I would not trust anyone to give an honest answer.