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Geez, I hate having to watch Swiss infrastructure projects. Living in Zurich completely destroyed any residual respect for the way we build in America. Aside fr
by jeffbee 3y ago
Geez, I hate having to watch Swiss infrastructure projects. Living in Zurich completely destroyed any residual respect for the way we build in America. Aside from this clever bridge, note how many and how extreme the differences are between what you see in this video and what you would witness watching an American repaving crew. They have a sufficient amount of labor on the job, compared to the 3 guys you would see on an American job. They all have uniform PPE, instead of jeans and t-shirts. Their equipment is clean and looks like it probably works. Site dumpers are appropriately scaled for the job. Bigger dump trucks are normal cabover trucks instead of insane brodozers. They actually use an sufficient quantity of binder, instead of skimping on it because American supervisors can't tell the difference. So many differences in culture.
- hindsightbias 3y agoYeah, but they use a gas blower! Probably w/o ear protection. /jealous American
- DiggyJohnson 3y agoWhat's wrong with non-uniform denim jeans on a construction site? Otherwise I take your point.
- mschuster91 3y agoPants are also a form of PPE. On such a site you want something resistant to cuts, heat/fire and probably also chemicals.
- DiggyJohnson 3y agoDoes denim not satisfy PPE requirements for most normal job sites? What non-specialized material is better than denim at the requirements you explained?
- mschuster91 3y agoDenim isn't chainsaw cut resistant at all, you need pants with a special kind of fiber filler that jams a chainsaw or blade.
- DiggyJohnson 3y agoOkay, well besides chainsaw operators.
- SV_BubbleTime 3y agoYou can do lots of cool things with 9 million people and a ton of money.
- pixl97 3y agoEh, in the US case it quite often involves "Think of the corporate profits!" versus "Think of the corporate profits of the lowest bidder!" Of course there is also that the US is caught up in car culture so we massively overbuild infrastructure and end up paying trillions for it later.
- s1artibartfast 3y agoSwitzerland is one of the hubs of global capitalism and has a lower tax rate than the US. The difference isn't corporatism, it is about competence and civic engagement.