I was visiting a friend and in their neighborhood all of the curbs were cut for driveways (they were not poured for the cutouts). curb1

This might have saved some time for the carpenters forming & pouring the concrete. But it created additional work for the concrete cutters and the finishing of the driveways.

This lack of pre-planning created:

  • additional time to cut the curb,
  • dust (and silica, for sure),
  • the use of additional water (hopefully) to control the dust,
  • respirators (& cartridge filters),
  • exposure to noise, dust, silica

I don’t know the circumstances why this occurred, but I wonder if the person planning the development thought of the exposures to other human beings?

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ps. Sorry for my blogging absence. Have been on vacation! (for some of it)