On: Consultants: the real reason it costs so much to b...

[xxpor]

Irrelevant to the point. If the south of Italy is different geologically, the size of Italy vs anything else doesn't matter.

[abduhl → xxpor]

Local contracting practices are only tangentially related to geology. They are very closely related to geography - hence the word "local."

[xxpor → abduhl]

The whole point is this stuff isn't contracted out.

[abduhl → xxpor]

Local contracting practices is about the CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, not the consultants. You know, the general contractors and subcontractors.