REWORK for the Academy. Is it needed or not?

... rather than providing them from the start (which is essentially what the restructuring looks like – guaranteeing a lumber mill, mine, etc.).

This is like claiming that when starting with Fortress, you are guaranteed to have archers. In reality, in most cases, you don't even get to them, even though building them is faster and cheaper than building Death Dealers after 5-6 attempts (and that's not the limit), even in Warlords. In SoD, they are suggesting adding a surcharge for restructuring.
He made a brilliant statement about the medals.