The Danish national annex to the European steel construction codes recommend these values for steel columns (these are deflections due to single variable loads):
Steel frames without cranes: h/150
Columns in single-storey buildings: h/300
Columns in multiple-storey buildings: h/300 and he/500...
@a2mfk: If a structure requires a specific order or method of construction, and knowledge of this is conditioned by insights into statics and structural knowledge - is it not then the responsibility of a structural engineer to pass these insights on and take at least some responsibility for how...
