250 miles under construction is a tremendous undertsking.
are the existing contractors hiring on to their crews?
where can they source enough experienced skilled help?
thanx again for keeping us updated on the wall
“where can they source enough experienced skilled help?”
The contractors were carefully pre-screened before they were allowed to bid on these contracts. They had to prove that they had the capability to execute projects like this, including staffing capability.
The skills are general heavy construction skills - concrete foundations, backhoe trenching, operating cranes, road building.
In rural areas, the workers need life support (Man Camps of house trailers, food service) as well.
Overall, we are talking about a few thousand workers. It is the single biggest construction Program in the USA right now, but still a small percentage of the construction industry.
You just can’t get any closer to Mexico than this job, if you need to hire a few Mexicans to help out...