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I highly doubt construction works make 250k a year at least if you account for down time. RegardlessLabor costs don't explain massive cost over runs. If the amo
by anologwintermut 13y ago
I highly doubt construction works make 250k a year at least if you account for down time. RegardlessLabor costs don't explain massive cost over runs. If the amount of labor were accurately predicted, it would just inflate the cost, not over run those estimates.
- Spooky23 13y agoHere's an article from 2006 that quotes $100k without overtime. http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jul/02/news/adna-sand2 http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jul/02/news/adna-sand2 The young guys probably make 125-160k, the old guys get overtime preference. IMO they deserve it -- it's a really dangerous job. In any large scale project, any issue cascades and costs a shit-ton of money. For government contracts in many states, you have stuff like "prevailing wage" (where the gov pays too much for labor), "project labor agreements" (where the gov agrees to employ X number of people), minority and women owned business quotas (a big pit of corruption). Also remember that governments are run by politicians, and politicians embrace magical thinking. Painting a rosy picture to get something approved and blowing huge money with no tangible result is a good way to raise capital in govt. (whoops, $X didn't do the trick, but to avoid wasting it, give me $X+Y)