Nowhere that I've seen did they say they were replacing welds with adhesives or other construction methods, it was just said that a number of welds were dropped for efficiency reasons.
Usually the engineers that determine how many welds you will need to hold something together know what they are doing and you can't just replace welds with bonding without further cascading impact to the rest of the work.
Usually the engineers that determine how many welds you will need to hold something together know what they are doing and you can't just replace welds with bonding without further cascading impact to the rest of the work.