Concerning Edward I have a small bone to pick, but first I would like to congratulate the dev for some of the most realistic construction work I have seen in AVN to this point. So let's get into it.
First of, he starts his day at the right time. good start. but then when he comes back, he sais this:
Normally you don't mix those two kind of works, residential and commercial or heavy residential depending on the type of skyscraper the project is. And you would have your whole day in one place usually. And finishing a house can mean a lot of things depending on his tasks. Anyways, the only way that he would do two jobs like that on the same day is if he works for a labor rental compagnie. There is also an other problem with working on a skyscraper starting midday. On bigger project, where I live, you have to participate in what we call a welcome meeting before you even set foot on the jobsite. Those meetings are usually at the start of the day and if you miss it you will be turned around and sent back home. So there is no way he would start there past 7h00 in the morning.
But then something worst happen:
Ok that would not happen like this. Skyscrapers need a lot of concrete, especially the footings, pilar bases or pin caps. In one day you can easily pour in the hundreds of cubic meter of concrete. ( one cubic meter is roughly equivalent to one cubic verge.) You would not mix that by hand. If only because the concrete at this stage, all stage really, need a specific composition. Also it is usually caried from an of site concrete plant by truck. And the typical truck can only carry up to 8 cubic meter or for a semi 12 meter. So imagine trying to mix concrete by hand for let's say only a hundred cubic meter that a technician will then evaluate to document the composition and proprieties.... yhea not happening. I can see three common scenario in which he would enter in contact with concrete powder. the destruction of an over pour of concrete with a jackhammer or kango, the mixing of cement for concrete finissions or the mixing of mortar for block divisions. The later, the more likely. The task involve you using a tumble mixer with a overhanging silo from which you pour ciment and mix with water. Depending on the age of machinery and experience of the worker a lot of dust can get airborne.
Here is the sad and I will also comment on the part about working with no mask or gloves.
He does not have long to live. We don't see him with a cigarette so those might be sings of the early stages of silicosis. Especially if his boss did not provide him with the appropriate protection equipment. If he was on a skyscraper jobsite the responsable person for safety and health would have stopped him. Also, at least here, safety mesures have been reenforced to prevent the professional disease. Any job you do in which you might be in contact with silica necessitate more than one prevention mesure. For example piercing a small hole ti fix a screw in concrete necessitate a mask, either of a water source during the piercing or a HEPA vacuum and a perimeter to prevent other workers to be near you while you work. Even something as simple as brooming a floor is complicated if the dust and dirt might contain silica. You need to close of the entire floor wear a mask and either wet the floor to prevent the dust from lifting in the air or wear an hazmat suit. This disease is serious. Some of the mesures implemented look draconian and overexaggerated but they are new. Depending on the form of the disease he might have as low as a year to live. A classic example of how pernicious a pulmonary disease like that can be is an asbestos mine worker coming home and his wife contracting the disease while putting his closes in the washing machine and dying from it.
