They’re going to molotov concrete and steel?
Cool.
Cool cool cool.
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BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months agoA handful of Molotov’s at night once a week during construction can make it very expensive to build something.
MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 5 months ago
BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
No, a construction site contains plenty other stuff than concrete and steel: tools, equipment, building materials, temporary buildings for the workers, cables and piping.
On top of that each time concrete gets fire damage, it gets weaker and may need to be replaced, at least core samples + weeks of analysis time + $$$ is needed to determine the damage.
And let’s say they eventually finish building the apartments, they may never stop smelling like a BBQ.
ExLisper@linux.community 5 months ago
How long would it take for the police to get involved and protect the site for free? Or do you think they would just ignore it? Does the law in USA say that if the victim of the crime is a company they have to hire private security and police is not involved?
baelem@lemmy.world 5 months ago
This building is being developed by the university on university-owned land, so the university police would be in charge of protecting university property.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 5 months ago
if there is a series of crimes in the area, police would increase patrols in the area.
Anything more than that would require hiring a private security company.
ground based security could easily be bypassed by a drone and with a remote igniter and a release latch.
MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Ya…ok…have fun with that.
BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
Thanks, I did have fun coming up with ideas.
AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world 5 months ago
No for the concrete you use sugar, and for the steel… I don’t know maybe jet fuel or something.
MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 5 months ago
How do you figure they will get the sugar into the concrete?
PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Sugar will completely eliminate concrete’s ability to cure. A single pound of sugar can destroy an entire truck of wet cement.
Not that I’m advocating for it. But it’s laughably easy to sneak onto a site with a hardhat, safety boots and a vest, and sabotage active construction.
blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Neat: fritzpak.com/is-sugar-a-good-concrete-retarder/
Although I’m unsure about the pound of sugar to entire cement truck claim.
ironeagl@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Yeah, a cement truck is like 45,000 lbs of concrete, which is .002%. Apparently .06% will delay setting by 90 minutes, so it’s more like 30 pounds?
BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
Now i know, I remembered the MythBusters episode where they bury two pigs in concrete, I think it’s the one with Jimmy Hoffa, that will definitely discourage anyone from living in the apartments.
cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 5 months ago
Damn. I didn’t knew that so I did some quick research and found out, that mixing in 1% of sugar can completely stop the forming of concrete.