re: Engineers/Construction Workers?

While I see where you are coming from and have experienced similar situations, I'm not sure age has anything to do with it. You have practical /efficient engineers and those that want to design space ships on every job. The construction industry is not a good fit for the detail oriented while the first group is, due to cost/schedules and the nature of the work. On the other hand technology advancements have made us all lazier people to some degree.