Also, within America, there are different levels of cost and effectiveness on infrastructure projects.
They did a study to compere Oklahoma with a "business gets done" city. It may have been Chicago. Apparently, Oklahoma sucks super super badly to get infrastructure built compared to that one city. I don't know which city and I wish I could find the new segment. But the difference was something like 10x. They ran their city like a business, best bid cost, best quality, and best time.
When the government is run like a business for infrastructure projects, you get competition. If the government was required to have solidified contracts with objective RFP measures to support their selections, that would revolutionize this.
The British Government came up with ITIL. It's a good idea. Let's make the US also implement service agreements with SLAs. 🙂
Originally posted by dadudemon
Also, within America, there are different levels of cost and effectiveness on infrastructure projects.They did a study to compere Oklahoma with a "business gets done" city. It may have been Chicago. Apparently, Oklahoma sucks super super badly to get infrastructure built compared to that one city. I don't know which city and I wish I could find the new segment. But the difference was something like 10x. They ran their city like a business, best bid cost, best quality, and best time.
When the government is run like a business for infrastructure projects, you get competition. If the government was required to have solidified contracts with objective RFP measures to support their selections, that would revolutionize this.
The British Government came up with ITIL. It's a good idea. Let's make the US also implement service agreements with SLAs. 🙂
New York City is pretty bad at this. I don't know how they decide construction projects, but I'd imagine contractors in competition has nothing to do with it.
Have to disagree with Prager U. The environmentalists in European countries are just as passionate if not more than the ones in the States. I remember reading in the news how the construction of the new international airport in Istanbul was delayed significantly simply because of unjustified environmental concerns (and we all know Turkey isn't exactly a pristine country when it comes to environmentalism)
Also there are retarded laws in the states that require materials used in the construction of public projects to be made in the USA only; so steel automatically becomes ridiculously expensive for example.
Of course Prager U won't mention those factors.
Originally posted by TempAccount
Have to disagree with Prager U. The environmentalists in European countries are just as passionate if not more than the ones in the States. I remember reading in the news how the construction of the new international airport in Istanbul was delayed significantly simply because of unjustified environmental concerns (and we all know Turkey isn't exactly a pristine country when it comes to environmentalism)Also there are retarded laws in the states that require materials used in the construction of public projects to be made in the USA only; so steel automatically becomes ridiculously expensive for example.
Of course Prager U won't mention those factors.
They also don't mention the mob controlled construction companies, backed by mob controlled unions, driving away competition and driving up prices.
Originally posted by cdtm
Nixon accomplished quite a bit. He was a good liberal.
Big Diff between a Classical Lib and a Modern Progressive Leftist Fascist.
Originally posted by Lord Lucien
Cuz all the people who work in the pothole industry are Lefties! Shovels aren't designed for their weird hand shapes!
Which is funny what with communists and their Love of Der WOIKIN MAN!