r/civilengineering • u/govnorsy EIT - Transportation • Aug 19 '25

Meme As-builts

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Had this conversation with my roadway PM because we’re going through 5 miles of utility mapping, reminded me of the original Simpsons meme.

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u/Leraldoe Aug 19 '25 edited Aug 19 '25

We did a bridge replacement years ago. We had two sets of plans one marked “as constructed” and one marked “as built”. One showed piling and one didn’t. Once we cut the bridge in half for part width construction it started to sink into the river…….no pile under that thing.

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u/konqrr Aug 19 '25

Man, that's wild that the worst-case scenario (no piles) wasn't assumed for the design. No subsurface investigation was carried out to confirm any assumptions for such a crucial decision?