Exactly. The cost is still passed on to the citizens, probably even more so. In addition, every year in the US, $4B is wasted in construction rework which is really dumb. One of the things we're trying to do at UpCodes is to create a checker for 3D building models to help catch some of these errors upstream. If we didn't have the fundraising to fight back against the lawsuit, we'd never have gotten to work on this.

BTW, it's not only government officials and industry people who have to read these laws, it's also all homeowners doing any kind of renovation or DIY project.