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Well one option is to hold designers, developers, builders and inspectors separately liable for the work and inspections they do for their entire lives, not lim
by manicdee 8y ago
Well one option is to hold designers, developers, builders and inspectors separately liable for the work and inspections they do for their entire lives, not limited to the period of solvency of the company they did the work for.
We’ll see a return to very conservative designs though, with no 100 storey skyscrapers until they find people actually willing to pay for and perform good work.
Until we are actually sending people bankrupt or jailing them, the corruption will worsen. There has to be some actual penalty for people trying to pass off shonky work.
- scarejunba 8y agoDoes this, in practice, mean quality? The aeroplane industry doesn’t do this and they build safe craft.
- ams6110 8y agoAerospace industry has a deeply engrained culture of safety, and improving from failure. Construction industry has a history of building to bare minimum requirements, organized crime involvement, corruption, and passing the buck when anything goes wrong.
- int_19h 8y agoI dunno, I'd say there's a very long tradition of safety in construction. "If a builder builds a house for someone, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built falls in and kills its owner, then that builder shall be put to death." (Code of Hammurabi)
- bostik 8y agoI look at that the other way. The need for effective regulation and proper enforcement come with a long tradition in construction business.
- cc439 8y agoFAA certified mechanics and inspectors are held personally liable regardless of who they are working for and what they are working on.