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I don’t know about the rest of Ontario, but this is 100% not true for the Toronto area. I used to be in the industry and I saw something shady only once and it
by 3pt14159 9y ago
I don’t know about the rest of Ontario, but this is 100% not true for the Toronto area. I used to be in the industry and I saw something shady only once and it was very, very minor. My brother is also a higher up at Ellis Don and he complains about concrete trucks getting stuck in traffic, not mob grift.
- horsecaptin 9y agoI know current senior engineers that see plenty of corruption and shady practice, including on road construction on a regular basis in Ontario, and yes, the Toronto area. Construction companies routinely don't build each layer of road up to code. Thus potholes appear much sooner than they should.
- 3pt14159 9y agoCorruption is bribing the construction inspector to look the other way—it’s not laziness or poor workmanship. I’ve both worked for pavers and for the TTC as a construction inspector. Never once saw real corruption or a bribe over 5 years. I bent the rules a tiny bit once when a concrete placement was going sideways in the interests of expediency (but followed up with additional testing to make sure everything was ok) and the CEO got me a 26 of Crown Royal as a thanks. That’s the full extent of the shadiness that I’d witnessed.
- horsecaptin 9y agoSince we're talking roads - layers of gravel, and asphalt - it is very easy to save a a lot of money by shaving off some thickness at any level. Construction companies the world over do this and a mm here and there are usually tolerated. Toronto area construction companies skim so much that the roads cave in. If it isn't corruption, then how are they getting away with it?
- jessaustin 9y ago"100% not true" is not the same as "not 100% true"...