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It's sort of amazing the people in these conditions care enough about quality of work to build buildings that don't fall down.
by Evbn 14y ago
It's sort of amazing the people in these conditions care enough about quality of work to build buildings that don't fall down.
- fnordfnordfnord 14y agoCough, ahem, well, it was also explained to me that there may be some systematic labor-related problems with construction quality in those buildings. Not exactly related to worker pay-rate, but the gist is that they tend to pour the concrete too wet (because it is easier/faster to work). This is probably because of productivity-based bonus pay for foremen. The difference in strength isn't enough to cause a building to fail under nominal conditions, but catastrophic failure is more probable in some destructive event (weather, earthquake, explosion, etc).