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How do you propose we cut construction costs? Should we cap labor rates on the workers? Looking at your lists (and from my own personal experience with people
by abduhl 10y ago
How do you propose we cut construction costs? Should we cap labor rates on the workers? Looking at your lists (and from my own personal experience with people who have been on the various jobs listed), it seems obvious to me that the major differentiator between jobs is the labor costs. It just flat out costs more to hire skilled labor in the US and UK versus Singapore or Japan. This is largely related to union rates and municipal regulations on wages.
How do we get 2-10x more transit for the same money? Where in your mind can we actually cut costs?
- yummyfajitas 10y agoOne way is, as you note, to cut wages to British or Spanish levels. Another is to eliminate "buy American" provisions and just buy Japanese trains. A third way is to cut labor usage down to international levels. A fourth would just be to hire foreigners to build/manage us trains as per their own standards.