Push the Buck

These days, few would volunteer to stick their heads out for anything. Most people prefer to keep things clean, by that it means, stay out of unnecessary trouble by not getting themselves involved in whatsoever way. Regular people behave this way and unfortunately, so do professionals who are called such, because of licensing.



There is a building regulation here that doesn't permit any hacking of any wall until the building obtains it's certificate of statutory completion. Nothing else matters. It's like saying, you cannot bring down the wall today, but you can do it next week once you get your CSC. Logically, I do not get the rationale. So, this can be added onto rules that doesn't serve the purpose at all, except to collect more revenue for the respective departments, in case the wall has to come down for whatever reasons and a new team of architects and professional engineers have to be hired for that application.

What this situation supports is this mentality - stay clear of messy situations - don't get unnecessarily involved. Push the buck.

It's an infectious cycle - replicating in deep pockets of our society, and over time have become somewhat of an operating system.

And whilst the 'professionals' are pitting their wits against each other and the system, the people in between are on a carousel ride. Time would have been wasted, additional monies would have been spent.

It would have been easier on everyone else, if the authority, whether CSC obtained or not, just allowed the wall to be brought down, provided it's not a structural wall, because that's how the outcome will be, once the CSC is obtained. Why go around this pillar, if it's not going to adversely affect the safety of the building? There is no rationale that is logical for this wait process.

With all the higher education, scholars who are writing regulations, it's not helping the business person, it's just bleeding them. It's almost like paying undertable money, because fees will have to be paid again by a third party, just so the rules are not flouted. Not building safety, mind you, but rules which are only there for a while more.