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"Virginia's funding is (and was) always predicated on construction being done in accordance with Virgina Law. By using Union Labor the cost for labor has increased by close to 20%. If we really want to see the Silver Line completed (which we all know it will be) let's quit blaming Virginia and instead get MWAA under the looking glass and tell them to quit wasting the taxpayers money."

Wanna tell us where this number came out of? And are you a cost estimator? Because I do lots of cost estimating, and one of the biggest flaws in this logic is that it doesnt understand the cost of REDO. By using certified labor it has been shown that the time in completion is reduce because with the skilled workforce (not just a bunch of people that last week were doing drywall and now are doing spot welding) that a company can run a more efficient labor system which ends up giving them an advantage on cost.

Btw, cost can't increase by 20% if seeing as only a 10% benefit is being provided by the contract(otherwise you are admitting that the unions actually cost less than their competitors, or they wouldnt get the job in the first place)

As always, those who fight hard for ideology on the right just have their facts dead WRONG because they have no idea how to run a business, build anything, or be an entrepreneur. All they know, like their front man Romney, is how to destroy what others built, acting like the scrap yard of the economy because they have no creative or appreciable talents themselves.

by Tysons Engineer on May 1, 2012 9:39 am • link • report