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Re:Consultants, The real reason it costs so much to build ne... by abduhl on Monday February 27, 2023 @01:07PM (#34959805)
Italy is 3/4 the size of California.

Does Milan run all of the EU’s jobs too?

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Re:Consultants, The real reason it costs so much to build ne... by xxpor on Monday February 27, 2023 @04:11PM (#34961917)
Irrelevant to the point. If the south of Italy is different geologically, the size of Italy vs anything else doesn't matter.
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Re:Consultants, The real reason it costs so much to build ne... by abduhl on Monday February 27, 2023 @07:38PM (#34964206)
You think geology is the only thing that determines "local ground conditions and local contracting practices"? FYI: in the underground industry, "ground conditions" isn't a synonym for "type of dirt" and "contracting practices" isn't a synonym for "geology."
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Re:Consultants, The real reason it costs so much to build ne... by abduhl on Monday February 27, 2023 @08:13PM (#34964429)
Local contracting practices are only tangentially related to geology. They are very closely related to geography - hence the word "local."
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Re:Consultants, The real reason it costs so much to build ne... by xxpor on Monday February 27, 2023 @11:54PM (#34965786)
The whole point is this stuff isn't contracted out.
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Re:Consultants, The real reason it costs so much to build ne... by abduhl on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @04:34PM (#34988662)
Local contracting practices is about the CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, not the consultants. You know, the general contractors and subcontractors.
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