> Namely, that an all-new construction material called Foamed Glass Gravel was used as infill during repair work. That is to say that the professionals in charg

> Namely, that an all-new construction material called Foamed Glass Gravel was used as infill during repair work. That is to say that the professionals in charge of rebuilding found a better way to do things than they’ve always been done. Moreover, those self-same professionals intentionally circumvented the slow supply chain to use the new-and-better thing. This happens all the time in contemporary software. But in the case of software, the scenario would be different: someone wants Foamed Glass Gravel on their resume, or as an accomplishment for their promo bid. So they do the free trial, and dump proprietary information into a Foamed Glass Gravel SaaS, and deploy a half-baked learning project. Then (most importantly) they hop jobs before the problems are obvious to everyone. One difference is that, in the case of civil engineering, stakeholders care about maintenance problems and deaths, and the responsible engineers will be hunted down, to be sued and/or jailed. So, if a real engineer chose to sign off on something, it's probably legitimate and aligned.