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> Army Corps of Engineers, which rebuilt the system It's funny they don't mention the companies like Arcadis that actually designed the barrier, because they h
by yread 5y ago
> Army Corps of Engineers, which rebuilt the system
It's funny they don't mention the companies like Arcadis that actually designed the barrier, because they have the know-how from managing the Dutch flood barriers
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- beerandt 5y agoWith the political nature and extreme size of the project, there weren't many engineering companies with a presence in SE LA that didn't get a sizable contract out of it.
- xxpor 5y agoWow, someone in a US government (at any level) actually consulted a foreign expert for something? And a non-Anglo country at that? Can whoever was responsible please take over transit funding at DOT? We need so much more of this.
- koheripbal 5y agoUS gov't contracts frequently go to non-US companies - and non-US gov'ts contract US companies all the time. The global economy is, wait for it, global.
- tnel77 5y agoIt’s more fun to complain about the USA and the military than to realize this fact.
- bargle0 5y agoYou’d be surprised how many weapon systems used by the US military were not developed domestically.
- brian_herman 5y agoYeah the M9 was made by the Italian company Beretta. It was the main handgun of our armed forces.