Aye it would go a long way to freeing up space I suspect. I think part of the problem is that to do so they would have to migrate the DB that is always tracking workshops; because workshops are like players with progression in the form of unlocks and each one has multiple constant timers that if they went out of sync might wreak havoc. Not to mention the problem of folks whom have like 50+ workshops and determining how many deployables a person is permitted. The reason its tied to the FC itself at the moment I think has to do with how it is able to be shared - so the FC tracks the timer versus the player that commences it; likewise for projects. Its why sadly I think we cannot have our friends help manage our island sanctuary.