3 ms·
In my experience the opposite is true in construction today, at least where I live. Everyone lives in fear of something with more wrath than a god. Liability.
by Negitivefrags 6y ago
In my experience the opposite is true in construction today, at least where I live.
Everyone lives in fear of something with more wrath than a god. Liability.
Because of this they are not willing to do anything even slightly outside of code, and any decision that needs making is a phone call to the engineer rather than making the call on the job.
This slows everyone down as nobody is keen to actually be the one with responsibility. The engineeer who feels the same way also make sure that everything is overspecced to all hell to make extra cirtain that they won’t be liable for anything failing.
- jkinudsjknds 6y agoI mean its likely both. What you describe is the majority held experience. But risk takers who are willing to cut corners exist at a lower prices and are the poster child for building failures, making it worse for the competent builders.
- PeterisP 6y agoWell, but it is part of the "requirements imposed by society". For example, a few years ago in my city a supermarket roof caved in during reconstruction, killing 54 people; one cause of the event was an after-project underspecced change to a single key component, and the responsibility for that fact was quite important (I believe the civil engineer who signed off that change was sentenced to 6 years prison for manslaughter) - and arguably we do want everyone involved to consider that responsibility and not just "make the call" that seems sensible without going into detail, since not going into detail kills people.
- 0xffff2 6y agoAre you saying that's a bad thing? The code exists for mostly good reasons. I'm more inclined to do things myself, but if I have to hire someone, I damn well want them to be "not willing to do anything even slightly outside of code".