{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Always gave me a chuckle those earnest beavers like \"WHY haven't we had a program to completely overhaul the ventilation system...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/678837436465479680/", "html": "<p>Always gave me a chuckle those earnest beavers like &ldquo;WHY haven&rsquo;t we had a program to completely overhaul the ventilation system of every school and public building yet?&rdquo;</p><p>Cause like, contracting was one of the major things my dad oversaw as counsel for the school district and like, </p><ul><li>figuring what you need in the roughest sense</li><li>putting up a bond issue to fund it</li><li>assembling a coalition to support the bond issue</li><li>putting out a request for bids</li><li>tendering bids</li><li>awarding a contract</li><li>working through all the administrative law challenges by contractors that <i>didn&rsquo;t</i> win</li><li>getting it done whenever the construction labor market is weak and cheap enough for all the subcontractors to hire</li></ul><p>to make <i>partial</i> upgrades to like a fifth of your schools <i>over three years</i>, which have modern ventilation systems to start with, is like a <b>6 year </b>process, and that&rsquo;s assuming the bond issue passes on the first try</p><p>The only parallel I can think of was hospitals upgrading their systems to eliminate the standing water Legionnaires came from; there are far fewer hospitals than schools in America, the work was fairly confined, and that took a <i>while</i> </p>"}