Here in Toronto we see construction rather often. It could be a new condominium going up, or perhaps some road work. Whatever the purpose might be, they always seem to be taking a long time. Congested traffic, and a slowly upwards creeping building are a common sight.
The condominium that I currently live in are actually relatively new. In fact, I moved in before the other to condos around me were built up. For at least 4 years since I moved in, (because I can't seem to remember when the last one was completed) every morning at around 7am precisely each workday, you will more than likely wake up to the sound of hammers banging, loud clanks and random construction noises. If you didn't wake up to it, chances are, you woke up because of it.
My point is that, construction always take for ever here in Toronto to say the least.
For a comparative contrast to see just how slow we actually are, here is a YouTube clip of a building being erected in China.
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The buildings in China don't adhere to regulations and break down so easily though.
I cannot comment on whether or not if that is true. However, given this video, I can say they build much much faster than us. haha =)
1. They have WAY more people working on one building then we do because labour is a much easier profession to get into plus it's not as expesive to hire workers there.
2. Safety and health regulations are lower in China which is why they can have factories with such poor conditions, or people doing construction with no safety harnesses. Ever heard of Foxconn, a company in Taiwan that assembles video game consoles? Read about the things that have happened there and you will never want to touch your video game console ever again.
Labour is not necessarily easier to get into, it is still a skill. It's just that labour is so inexpensive, which is why they can hire more people at one time. However, if more Labour is more productive, wouldn't it be less expensive overall if we here in North America hired more people like they do?
Safety and health regulations indeed are much less strict and regulated. I have heard of Foxconn,it is actually a company in China, not Taiwan. I'm not sure if it makes video game consoles, but I do know for a fact that they are a supplier of Asus motherboards, and also make the iPhone for Apple. And yes, I know there are suicides that happened there. But in my opinion, suicides are a personal problem, not a company problem. It is only a company problem when its happening at their company. HOWEVER it is ONLY a PR problem.
http://kotaku.com/5553093/steve-jobs-addresses-foxconn-suicides
First line says it happens at the company. Read on it says there are reports regarding the work environment. Can't say it's only a personal problem.
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