Corrosionofrebarinconcreteisone of the most frequentcauses of their premature failure. Measurements of corrosion rateandconditioncan be used to estimate remainingloadanddurability.
Unfortunately laying these people off increases the work load on the remaining staff and increases errors and inefficiencies because the remaining staff usually is not trained to do the work the laid off middle manager did.
And just today, Valero Energy (VLO) is currently up about 6% on nothing more than a statement by its CEO that the company may not rule out buying the refining assets of Sunoco (SUN), which is trying to off-load its two remaining refineries.