“The company also wanted to cover the trenches with epoxy, rather than the typical asphalt mix.” Along with the rest, this outlines a basic problem that modern

“The company also wanted to cover the trenches with epoxy, rather than the typical asphalt mix.” Along with the rest, this outlines a basic problem that modern Google and other Silicon Valley companies have with technologies. The Google people have massive talent, capabilities, and funding. Yet the use this almost as a handicap nowadays. Because they have talent doesn’t mean they have a monopoly of it. We have extensive testing of every conceivable paving and repair mathod done over 100+ years. Engineering colleges around the U.S. (and the world of course) have a massive legacy of tests. To go in and just guess your new idea is going to work for a new project just isn’t necessary in such basic technologies.