Besides, we all know who's REALLY to blame for all the problems- not the engineers OR the electricians, but the accountants and bean-counting managers! I just HATE making concessions based on cost- don't they realize good design practice is already as lean as possible and can't be descoped? I mean, *I* sure don't go looking at a drawing and asking myself "hmmm... where can I waste money today? I know, I'll add and extra breaker here and oversize these cables there!"
So the engineer gets pressured to cut costs on the design and squeaks by with a design that's going to be damned hard for the electrician to build for the estimated cost even under ideal circumstances, so the first glitch of any sort kicks the project over budget, pressuring the electricians to cut corners to save money... See, it's all the beancounters faults!
...as a programmer, I often joke that I program "smart" so for the "upgrade" I can just go back in, and remove the intentional delay loops, so I can brag about increasing speed and efficiency by 30%. I wonder if that would work on the jobsite?
Last edited by SteveFehr; 03/30/07 06:29 PM.
