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Re:Why Are Canadian Construction Costs So High? (2018) by totony on Sunday November 24, 2019 @11:27PM (#21625457)
Agreed with the corruption and over-legislation, which in my experience coincide. Bidding on governement projects in QC is very painful to do and corruption is sky high so competition cant set in

EDIT to add: example of QC bidding: most companies underbid the construction work to later postpone the deadline and request more money than originally bargained, and there doesnt seem to be any (enforced) legislation to consider that

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Re:Why Are Canadian Construction Costs So High? (2018) by Symmetry on Monday November 25, 2019 @07:50AM (#21627657)
Extremely strict regulations can function as an asshole filter[1] where only people who intend to bypass the rules somehow get involved in bidding.

[1]https://siderea.livejournal.com/1230660.html

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Re:Why Are Canadian Construction Costs So High? (2018) by chopin on Monday November 25, 2019 @05:10AM (#21626789)
Sounds like Germany...
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Re:Why Are Canadian Construction Costs So High? (2018) by throw_m239339 on Monday November 25, 2019 @06:10AM (#21627052)
Sounds like any government procurement in France… especially construction works that is budgeted for 5 years and strangely ends up lasting 10,15 years…
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