We’re getting sloppy in construction trades. Look at the walkway bridge collapse in Florida.
The reason why third world countries have so many problems is that workers are not formally trained. I’ll trade every public sector union worker for private sector tradesmen who must go through a procedure to being fully skilled and independent workers.
Public sector unions are there only to defend incompetence or grab benefits, not improve public safety.
We had a wall collapse on I-75 near Atlanta. Fortunately it was on unfinished toll lanes.
$33,000?
What’s that ... about an hour of cost overrun. That should put fear in any contractor.