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LivingMemento t1_iwqcycf wrote

Years ago one of the local public radio stations had a story about it. Basically we pay the contractors to build and we pay them for any necessary repairs. It pays to build bad roads. In Europe they make the contractors fix bad roads within a reasonable number of years from initial completion.

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wurkbank t1_iwsjdge wrote

And the contractor charges them a lot more upfront.

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M80IW t1_iwro7a1 wrote

Why should the contractor be liable for building to the specs from your engineer?

You're pointing the finger at the wrong people.

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vtdadbod007 t1_iwtbykc wrote

Because the vast majority of these are design-build, where the contractor is the chief stakeholder

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