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Britain's construction costs exploded because it privatised planning to consultants and risk to contractors, which multiplies conflict and soft costs.

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infrastructure Building the large physical things -- reservoirs, roads, pipelines -- and why some countries have stopped being able to.

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  1. Alon Levy Mathematician turned transport researcher
    Our best explanation is that the UK adopted what we call the globalized system of procurement, privatizing planning functions to consultants and privatizing risk to contractors, which creates more conflict; the UK also has an unusually high soft cost factor.

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