So the Florida building;
Quote:
Engineers noted design flaws and failing waterproofing that would lead to "exponential damage"
Minimal effort for maximum profit. Shocked I tell ya, absolutely shocked.
The bigger the catastrophe, more causes contributed to it. Its the multicausal nature of tragedies.
Maybe there were design flaws, but then probably there were materials flaws, constructions flaw, maintenance flaws, inspection (both internal and external) flaws, etc.
Maybe motivated for cost reduction, but its pretty likely not the cost per se, but some rushed parts to delivery according some schedule. Or lack of competence from managers to handle such construction. Or lack of competence from directors when making bad decisions.
You can aim for max profit. But that dont justify doing it poorly.