They are. As long as you revere and follow the almighty code book though, the lobbying is effective and insurance is paid up, you're fine. If you're quizzed about it you can hand waive about things under your control, otherwise obfuscate about irrelevant things, then get back to the meat of lobbying for more project money.
Hopefully this will come out in the wash.
That's repeated after ever bridge collapse that's been mentioned and I looked at on these threads.
Nothing comes out in the wash, but sometimes you can exhume something rotten from the burial ground of the Covered-up.