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This kind of thing is basically impossible in the West now. There would be one rabbit family on the site, which would trigger endless environmental protest and lawsuits to protect their right of living there and against disruptions of their habitat.
States and the federal government have emergency powers for crises. This is how e.g. FEMA is able to rapidly erect shelters in disaster areas without needing to care about zoning rules.
Setting aside quality assurance and risk assessment/mitigation, I'm seriously impressed with the speed in which they construct complex infrastructure. The are some good reasons we don't quite go at this pace, but there are lots of good lessons about expediency to be gleaned as well.
Keep in mind that this period is also Chinese New Year in China, and workers are mostly expecting time off (sometimes, their only time off of the year)
Did Reuters do any of its own investigation here, or is this story just republished from Chinese state media?
Setting aside quality assurance and risk assessment/mitigation, I'm seriously impressed with the speed in which they construct complex infrastructure. The are some good reasons we don't quite go at this pace, but there are lots of good lessons about expediency to be gleaned as well.
> Setting aside quality assurance and risk assessment/mitigation, I'm seriously impressed with the speed in which they construct complex infrastructure. Not only infrastructure, it's just everything here glides like on butter in comparison to my experience in Canada and US, both in public and private spheres. My experience making business in Canada: drag and head current in everything. That's a part of the culture: t…
I don't disagree that there's likely an overabundance of thinkers over doers, something like 6-8% of people in the US go into trades school vs. 68% in Germany as an example.
Setting aside quality assurance and risk assessment/mitigation, I'm seriously impressed with the speed in which they construct complex infrastructure. The are some good reasons we don't quite go at this pace, but there are lots of good lessons about expediency to be gleaned as well.
My wife ( mainland Chinese ) said the hospital in Chongqing told here there were 24 confirmed cases there. She’s sick now and possibly has the Wuhan virus ( though her chest scans are clear ).
Unfortunately the doctors are overworked right now due to the holidays and she can’t see anyone for the next couple days. Hopefully she doesn’t have the virus, but she’s taking precautions.
I think the virus is spreading more than the news is letting on.
Can you imagine something like this happening in America?
Did Reuters do any of its own investigation here, or is this story just republished from Chinese state media?
It says "Writing by Ben Blanchard" at the bottom. No idea who they are though.
"Building machinery, including 35 diggers and 10 bulldozers, arrived at the site on Thursday night, with the aim to get the new facility ready by Monday, the paper added."
“The construction of this project is to solve the shortage of existing medical resources,” the report said.
“It created a miracle in the history of medical science,” the paper added.