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abduhl on Feb 28, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Consultants: the real reason it costs so much to b...

Local contracting practices are only tangentially related to geology. They are very closely related to geography - hence the word "local."

xxpor on Feb 28, 2023 [–]

The whole point is this stuff isn't contracted out.

abduhl on March 1, 2023 | [–]

Local contracting practices is about the CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, not the consultants. You know, the general contractors and subcontractors.

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