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>> absolutely. it's, certainly, nothing we can rule out but you can't make too much of it, early on. for a couple of reasons. almost every building settles, to some extent. it's just a matter of, you know, the soil picks up load and it starts to strain with that. you expect something. so that, in and of itself, isn't unusual. the other factors to think about is, generally, just a uniform-vertical movement of all the foundations really doesn't stress the building. >> uh-huh. >> it's -- it's the differential movement. it's the shearing motion that causes -- that causes strain. that causes the st...

Vertical movement of all of the foundations doesn't stress the building. it's the differential movement, the shearing motion, that causes the strain, that causes the stress in the structure. we really don't know if there was settlement, if it was uniform. and different structures have different tolerances. more flexible ones can absorb that really well. stiffer ones have more distress. there's a lot to talk about when we talk about settlement. >> glenn bell, thank you so much. i appreciate you coming on. >> happy to help. president biden announcing a bipartisan agreement over infrastructure....