Why American Construction Costs Are So High
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Why American Construction Costs Are So High
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Re: Why American Construction Costs Are So High
#2It'll be useful if the title could clarify that this is about metro/subway construction costs in large cities, rather than all construction costs in America.
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#3It'll be useful if the title could clarify that this is about metro/subway construction costs in large cities, rather than all construction costs in America.
Indeed, residential/commercial construction costs are actually relatively low historically speaking.
(The land that you build it on is another matter.)
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#4Funny that the article doesn't once mention unions as a factor that drives up cost. It's almost as if attacks on unions for making public works slow and expensive are disingenuous.
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#5> Politicians in the United States do not have an incentives to control costs.
Do any other politicians have systemic incentive to control costs? If so, how?
Re: Why American Construction Costs Are So High
#6It'll be useful if the title could clarify that this is about metro/subway construction costs in large cities, rather than all construction costs in America.
Indeed, residential/commercial construction costs are actually relatively low historically speaking. (The land that you build it on is another matter.)
https://www.buildzoom.com/blog/whats-up-with-construction-co...
Real construction costs are 50% higher than they were in the 1950s, according to our analysis.
Re: Why American Construction Costs Are So High
#7Funny that the article doesn't once mention unions as a factor that drives up cost. It's almost as if attacks on unions for making public works slow and expensive are disingenuous.
Indeed, the author even wrote another article explicitly refuting the anti-union argument.
https://pedestrianobservations.com/2019/01/08/meme-weeding-u...
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Indeed, residential/commercial construction costs are actually relatively low historically speaking. (The land that you build it on is another matter.)
https://www.buildzoom.com/blog/whats-up-with-construction-co... Real construction costs are 50% higher than they were in the 1950s, according to our analysis.
Off topic, what led you to snag "the_economist" for BuildZoom?
Re: Why American Construction Costs Are So High
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://www.buildzoom.com/blog/whats-up-with-construction-co... Real construction costs are 50% higher than they were in the 1950s, according to our analysis.
Off topic, what led you to snag "the_economist" for BuildZoom?
This is not a company account.
Re: Why American Construction Costs Are So High
#10Funny that the article doesn't once mention unions as a factor that drives up cost. It's almost as if attacks on unions for making public works slow and expensive are disingenuous.
While union can be a factor compared with Asian countries, aren't our costs higher than European countries that have stricter labor laws ?