[bigDinosaur]

I'd be pretty unhappy if an engineer built a bridge that could have lasted 100 years if they hadn't cheaped out and saved $10 by using plastic instead of metal for some component, halving its life expectancy. Or if they put components next to each other which really shouldn't be, unnecessarily increasing failure rates. Or if they built a bridge where you couldn't replace any component without blowing part of it up.

[nautilius]

It's rarely the engineer deciding this.

[hellgas00]

It is.. Civil engineers have the opportunity to design for quality in their specs and drawings. If they don't it means the client is getting a raw deal or the client optioned for a cheaper engineering solution.

[nautilius]

> or the client optioned for a cheaper engineering solution.

Haha, sure. Let me rephrase: an engineer with a job.