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On that old power plant retrofit, we signed off on thin plate. Knew it was sketchy.
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richard_anderson2h ago
That short term fix mindset shows up everywhere, not just in old factories. You see it when people use cheap tape for a home repair instead of doing it right. We keep choosing the easy patch job over the thing that actually lasts.
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sanchez.pat8h ago
I mean, 3/16 inch plate on a structure that old is asking for trouble. The steel gets brittle from all the heating and cooling cycles over decades. It probably started cracking at the weld points within a year. Just seems like a gamble they knew wouldn't pay off long term.
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