Originally Posted by reno96teg
remind me not to buy, use, drive through, or in any way interact with whatever it is you work on.
Why? I'm licensed to practice civil engineering. Why would I ask a contractor to construct a basin with a top of wall (TOW) at elevation 0.99 ft when he would have a much easier time building the TOW at elevation 1.00? Engineering is not an exact science, nor does it need to be. Appropriate safety factors are always used to minimize risk without designing something that becomes economically unfeasible.