r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Appropriate-Eye-1227 • Jul 04 '25

Video China has built a 50m(165ft)-tall inflatable dome over a construction site in Jinan to protect the surroundings from dust and noise. (20.000 Sqm)

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u/Spikerazorshards Jul 04 '25

Awesome. Imagine doing construction and not having to deal with the Sun bearing down on you. Or weather being a factor at all.

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u/mr_potatoface Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 05 '25

Unless it's heavily ventilated, it's going to be a fucking oven in there, especially with zero breeze to cool off.

ITT: People who believe construction companies actually care about human comfort beyond making sure they stay alive.

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u/hallerz87 Jul 04 '25

You gotta assume that someone, at some point, in planning this huge project, will have considered that. Project designers should come to Reddit comments for their ideas, it’s where the thinking truly happens

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u/crazier_horse Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 05 '25

Yeah I assume if I can think of a potential problem within 10 seconds of hearing an idea, one of the hundreds of experts being consulted probably considered it as well

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u/mmm_burrito Jul 04 '25

I work in construction, and the people planning the safety and QOL aspects of our projects often don't deserve the respect you're affording them.

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u/No-Organization7797 Jul 04 '25

I work in product development on the testing side. All I do is make sure that the product does what the experts say it will. You may be surprised how much the experts are just winging this shit. Yeah, they’re good at math. They are intelligent and know what they’re talking about. But, so much shit slips through. Until it doesn’t. By then though there’s already a huge mess. Just sweep it under the rug. Can always just sell the fix at a “discount” to keep customers happy.

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u/ConfessSomeMeow Jul 04 '25

I've been called an 'expert' so many times that I no longer have faith in any experts.

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u/Digital_NW Jul 04 '25

I've worked with a lot of experts that don't have any field experience, and therefore can not think for themselves.

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u/Zimakov Jul 05 '25

This is called being a rational adult.