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putaputademadre t1_ixwtx7q wrote

Reply to comment by PoopMobile9000 in TIL In 1930, to make way for a new building, the Indiana Bell Building, weighing 11,000 tons, was moved 16 meters and rotated 90°. The work took a month to finish and did not disrupt the building's essential services, nor its gas, water, and electricity supply. No one inside felt the building move. by LPercepts

China moved/rotated a railway station recently I think.

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PoopMobile9000 t1_ixwvpke wrote

It’s only the United States who’s lost the ability to construct projects rationally.

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Twenty_One_Pylons t1_ixx2tr5 wrote

We have, however, gained the ability to do construction without killing workers left and right and leaving a trail of environmental ruin

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st4n13l t1_ixx3d7g wrote

>leaving a trail of environmental ruin

leaving as big of a trail of environmental ruin

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william-o t1_ixxmwfw wrote

Nope, US standards are among the highest in western world, far superior to China and India

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