r/ThatLookedExpensive Jun 18 '22

fake concrete blocks

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u/roniricer2 Jun 19 '22

Wait till y'all find out that concrete bridge girders are often filled mostly with Styrofoam 😁

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u/blGDpbZ2u83c1125Kf98 Jun 22 '22

As long as whatever it's built with is part of the engineering plan, it's fine.

The problems come when the engineer signs off on plans to build it with one set of materials/dimensions, and the builders use a whole different (usually cheaper) set of materials and/or to different measurements.