My understanding is that the if-anything-heavier-unionized EU isn't experiencing the same rapid growth in (especially public) construction costs as the US has b

My understanding is that the if-anything-heavier-unionized EU isn't experiencing the same rapid growth in (especially public) construction costs as the US has been for some time—still faster than inflation, but lower than would be explained by just PPP adjustments or COL vs. the US. Unions may not be helping but there's something else causing runaway cost growth in US public sector construction, in particular.