Thing is every weld made is inspected and signed off by said inspector.
Plus, there are many types of welding.
I think I’ll wait, too.
Back when I was a union pipefitter/welder on several nuke plants, and was certified to weld any piping component on the site, we would see offsite vendor supplied piping systems show up. They were the worst looking welds, that we swore were done by some 1st month welder trainee. Some even had wire sticking out of them from MIG welding, others were full of porosity.
We would point it out to QC but it didn’t do any good. Eventually those were all tore out and replaced.
I worked on a project where they were demolishing a 14-story condo building that was only 5 or 6 years old. Where they had cut rebar somebody was supposed to put a dab of something to seal it so water couldn’t get in. But they did a crappy job, or didn’t do it at all.
They spent millions trying to repair it, but had to tear the entire thing down.
I mentioned to a supervisor how important even the most minimal job or task is.
“Well yeah - but it wasn’t just the worker. It was his direct supervisor that missed it. The building owner’s inspector, and of course the city inspector. And not just missing one rebar on one day - but numerous rebars over a long period of time.”
I said something like “What a waste” to a guy holding a shovel watching as more concrete came down.
“What do you mean a waste? I got paid to build it, I’m getting paid to demolish it, and I’ll get paid again to rebuild it!”