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A feud is heating up between Arizona workers and the world's leading chipmaker after the company claimed the US doesn't have the skills to build its new factory (www.businessinsider.com)

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A feud is heating up between Arizona workers and the world's leading chipmaker after the company claimed the US doesn't have the skills to build its new factory::TSMC wants to bring in foreign reinforcements to get its Arizona factory running because it claims there aren't enough qualified local workers.

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[–] stigmata@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't understand your example. You don't just tell someone "Hey, I want an acoustic testing chamber."

Your "experts" are going to have the plans already made and the contractors build to that spec. The contractors don't 'decide where to use metal or foam. Your experts' building plans should have that already in there, otherwise they aren't much of an expert.

[–] Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Have you ever worked with contractors?

Nothing is ever done truly to spec. And you also learn fun lessons about the ramifications of not specifying exactly what size and head screws to use on that cabinet. Every other cabinet said to use zinc plated square maxi-loc head 1.5 inch screws, but this cabinet didn't specify so they actually used iron phillips head screws because they had extras. Or maybe that is actually a gang box and now you have the problem where there is not enough clearance to have a light switch on each side of a wall.

Now extrapolate that to something where minute differences can completely break processes months or years down the line.

The GN acoustic chamber is a good example of just what kind of thought goes into something like that. And that is caveman shit relative to a fab.

And just to be clear, this is not me shitting on contractors. A halfway decent contractor is way better at building stuff than I ever will be and it is important to actually specify anything you care about.

But also, as someone who needs to redo his floors because the folk the previous owners hired were grossly incompetent? Fuck them contractors.