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Re:World's longest and deepest rail tunnel to open in Switze... by adventured on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @05:36AM (#11813134)
I was very surprised to read how little Swiss labor (14%) was used in its construction. Most of the labor was Italian (29%):

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-30/swiss-made...

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Re:World's longest and deepest rail tunnel to open in Switze... by kimi on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @06:55AM (#11813420)
You don't find that many Swiss people who are willing to go in and dig.
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Re:World's longest and deepest rail tunnel to open in Switze... by anon4711 on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @05:40AM (#11813147)
It's not that surprising, it is? I would expect Italian wages to be considerably lower.
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Re:World's longest and deepest rail tunnel to open in Switze... by m_st on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @05:46AM (#11813172)
It's especially about expertise. These guys work in teams and move from one tunnel project to the other. You can't just hire inexperienced work force for such projects.
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