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Buildings would fall apart.

Let me tell you a true story. Several years ago, a satellite costing hundreds of millions of dollars crashed on Mars instead of landing softly. The reason was later determined to be because one measurement had been mistakenly calibrated in metric instead of imperial (or vice-versa).

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Q: What would happen if we don't use standard unit in building?
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