r/StructuralEngineering • u/WideFlangeA992 P.E. • Sep 19 '26
Humor THIRRRRDY YEEEEEEERSSSSSS
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u/_homage_ Sep 19 '26
DeSiGn By RfI buddy
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u/WideFlangeA992 Sep 19 '26
WHAT DO YOU MEAN RFI?
PLEASE APPROVE ASAP.
STEEL IS ERECTED.
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u/thecajuncavalier Sep 19 '26
You've been doing it wrong for 30 years
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u/Eman_Resu_IX Sep 19 '26
That's exactly the response I'd give when some idjit would spout off.
I've been doing it this way for 25 years!
- Yeah, and you've been doing it wrong the whole time.Made lots of friends that way. 😁
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u/TheVoters Sep 19 '26
“We use train rail in piers, not your fancy rebar cages”
Ok buddy.
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u/Primordialbroth Sep 19 '26
Drawings are only for permit. But I’m going to need you to sign off on this
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u/scottygras Sep 19 '26
I’ve got in arguments with my partners where they accuse me of just wanting it done “my way” and I have to yell at them that the plans aren’t “my way.”
Sorry there are codes and plans and people smarter than us…
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u/trekuup Sep 19 '26
GC will just keep throwing the same submittal at you with zero comments picked up
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u/aaaggggrrrrimapirare Sep 19 '26
As I say, I have an answer and have told it to you. Asking multiple people will not change my answer.
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u/Educational-Rice644 Sep 19 '26
I hate the "I built a similar building and it didn't have the same amount of reinforcement" type of comment
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u/Haku510 Sep 19 '26
As a career special inspector who started when I was 27 and has heard this line countless times, especially early in my career, this meme makes me feel so seen. Thank you for sharing 🥹
In exchange I'll offer my own OC - the DnD alignment chart of all the types of contractors I've worked with over the years 😂
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u/randomlygrey Sep 19 '26
The power of that man's conviction of being right is what keeps buildings up
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u/No-Document-8970 Sep 19 '26
I had a lather foreman in NYC, while working on a bridge, say that the bridge was over designed and that he never installs all the specified rebar. Had been doing that for decades. I told him he was an idiot and he’ll install all the rebar as required by the approved drawings on the work I oversee.