So they are going to ship sheet glass 13,00 miles +/- from China to NYC. Glass which is fragile, ship it 13,000 miles over, hopefully, very calm seas. Surely I am not the only one who can see the problem with this.
When they could buy the stuff in central/western PA , what 300 miles at most from NYC,they are going to ship the stuff 13,000 miles or more. I am shaking my head and wondering what is wrong with the people behind the project.
It's called "quality control".
The pieces that make it unbroken get stamped "Passed by Inspector #9...you get eggroll!"
Glass is sturdier than you think. Glass for skyscraper exteriors are rated to be extremely impact resistant in case of birds running into it, not to mention capable of weathering gale force winds. Also, it probably is cheaper to ship from China to New York than from Pennsylvania to New York. Ocean transport costs fractions of what it costs for truck and rail normally and with the decline in the Baltic dry index it’s the next best thing to free.