• @aelwero@lemmy.world
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    171 year ago

    “This is a lightweight “bubbly” form of concrete used widely between the 1950s and mid-1990s - usually in the form of panels on flat roofs, as well as occasionally in pitched roofs, floors and walls. It has a lifespan of around 30 years.”

    A concrete panel expected to last 30 years was installed in 1995, in what year should you replace it?

    What year math is that you suppose? Third grade? Fourth grade? Just asking…

    • @bobman@unilem.org
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      101 year ago

      Modern engineers praise the idea of not building something that lasts too long.

      It’s really fucking stupid, but a great scam tactic to get a project approved and then have it be someone else’s problem when it starts to fail.

    • XIIIesq
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      91 year ago

      Who cares? I just need to get the construction in under budget so that I can get my end of year bonus, this will all be some other idiots problem soon enough.

      Another pile of shit that we’ve inherited from fucking boomers who’ve failed to invest adequately in their children’s futures because they were more interested in a quick buck for themselves. The most entitled generation in human history and the first to leave the planet in a worse stat than which they found it in.

      • @Coreidan@lemmy.world
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        61 year ago

        I just need to get the construction in under budget so that I can get my end of year bonus

        Ah good ole capitalism at play. Gotta love it! No wonder we are all so absolutely fucked.