> At the end of the day the level of design will not return to its
former levels
> until the construction companies see the cost of risk in not
doing it. Perhaps a
> few vice presidents or piping design supervisoprs need to end up
in jail for
> manslaughter or criminal negligence before the others take
notice. Perhaps we
> all need to ask ourselves "what will the coroner say?"
Somehow I think everything ends up getting built to code before startup, but I'd like to see a cost comparison for field extras and reworks (then vs. now).
It would be interesting to talk to a few very experienced piping fabrication/erection contractors and get their opinions.
Paul Received on Mon May 14 19:46:00 2001
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