what scares me is developers in the US buy rebar among other materials from china because it is 'cheap' and then wonder why buildings aren't settling properly.
Yes. This was a serious problem for the US Bay bridge and will continue to be for decades until it goes down. QC issues were so bad, they had to send US inspectors overseas to the Chinese prefabrication site to QC all the materials and construction and they still had issues.
what scares me is developers in the US buy rebar among other materials from china because it is 'cheap' and then wonder why buildings aren't settling properly.
Yes. This was a serious problem for the US Bay bridge and will continue to be for decades until it goes down. QC issues were so bad, they had to send US inspectors overseas to the Chinese prefabrication site to QC all the materials and construction and they still had issues.