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You need to learn more about construction. Bridges are built for decades, hopefully centuries. What happens to rebars encased in concrete over that timespan is
by himinlomax 5y ago
You need to learn more about construction. Bridges are built for decades, hopefully centuries. What happens to rebars encased in concrete over that timespan is not obvious to anyone, otherwise inspectors would not have to purchase expensive equipment and condos in Florida would not be collapsing.
- lmilcin 5y agoThere are hundreds of thousands buildings like that. The threat of potential consequences causes construction companies to mostly do a good job, so that out of those hundreds of thousands of buildings we rarely see any toppling with people in it. On the other hands developers are disincentivized to ship perfect working code. It happens every time they are told "Just fucking ship it!" and when they colleagues are rewarded for delivering imperfect code on time.