Is there some object lesson here?

On February 4, 2015, The New York Times reported (“A Crashing End to a Work of Ice a City Had Warmed Up To”, by Mitch Smith) that on February 3rd a sixty-six foot tall ice sculpture in Superior, Wisconsin which had been in construction for three months collapsed a month before its scheduled completion. During construction, the sculpture was monitored regularly for environmental problems such as wind and seismic activity and regularly maintained (using a robotic hose regulated by computer monitors that sprayed water on problem spots). Is there an object lesson here for conservators about the limits of our work as even with environmental monitoring and regular maintenance, this art work fell apart.