The pace of monumental-scale infrastructure construction projects is set to grow at unprecendented levels. According to WEF global infrastructure demand is pegged at $4 trillion, more than 83% of global gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to be generated outside the US over the next five years. While insfrastructure outsourcing is not new, it has picked up pace rapidly .The replacement of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridgewith is an example of global, mega-infrastructure project outsourcing
For this behemoth $7 billion project. outsourcing was done at an amazing scale
1)Fabrication of the main structural steel was outsourced to China while manufacturing of the seisemic bearing was done by South Korea
3)Japan forged the world’s first double-cable saddle, which sits atop a 525-foot tower built by the Chinese while england produced the main cables’ bands. Meanwhile US handled about 80% of the manufacturing.
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