The Arizona project is the flagship in the president’s efforts to tout the law’s effects and TSMC’s promised $40bn investment in US chip production plant is one of the largest foreign investments in US history and the largest ever in Arizona."
Posted on 08/28/2023 6:20:16 PM PDT by anthropocene_x
The Phoenix TSMC plant – the centerpiece of Biden’s $52.7bn US hi-tech manufacturing agenda – is struggling to get online. TSMC has pushed back plans to start manufacturing to 2025, blaming a lack of skilled labor. It is trying to fast-track visas for 500 Taiwanese workers.
Construction of the plant has been hampered by accidents and misunderstandings. A former supervisor at the site blamed delays on disorganization from management and a lack of knowledge by bosses from Taiwan on adhering to safety codes and regulations in the US.
When they started working at the site, all workers went through a safety training program, but out in the field, they never saw the people who ran that program or safety protocols enforced.
“I’ve never been on a job site like this. A job site this big with this many people, you have to be super safe, everything kind of has to slow down because you’re always in somebody’s way, so you have to have a perfect plan if you want to pull this off,” they concluded. “I think they need to get those Taiwan contractors out of there because they are not used to building in America at all. They’re hiring us as professionals to give them a quality installation and advice and direction on how to install things, but they would not listen to us at all.”
Aaron Butler, president of the Arizona Building and Construction Trades Council, disputed claims from TSMC that the US workforce lacks the experience and skills required to complete construction.
“Blaming American workers for problems with this project is as offensive to American workers as it is inaccurate,” Butler wrote. “TSMC is blaming its construction delays on American workers and using that as an excuse to bring in foreign workers who they can pay less.”
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They took Fedzilla’s cash. They can train & hire Americans.
That would be a huge mistake on the part of the US. If China controls Taiwan, they control the major sea route in the world. Doesn't matter if the US has a chip plant. If you can't get the raw materials to supply the plant, the plant is useless. The chip issue is a red herring. The main reason China wants Taiwan is to have a permanent "aircraft carrier" in the South China sea.
Ret. Col. John Mills: China’s Seizing Control of Global Trade Canals
SPEAKING as one who was there - getting out from under American industrial regulations of all kinds, (not just OSHA) was a big driver for offshoring manufacturing. When I was implementing high tech process control equipment for GM & Ford, I spent over half my time coping with regulations. It wasn't just that the rules and specs were so unreasonable; but that the people enforcing them were too often so monumentally stupid that I had to train THEM how to do their jobs, or I was mediating turf battles between competing organizations within the corp.
Sounds like a typical project where the feral government is involved
Poor plan based on agenda driven wishful thinking
Lack of foresight (i.e.: lack of skilled labor)
Poor execution and control
Over budget and behind schedule
Hidden cost over-runs - money just seems to disappear
Little or no accountability
Awards and bonuses for the incompetent
Taiwanese companies aren’t required to employ unions with 20% diversity hires.
Chinese line man workers. Hardly any safety equipment.
Scary.
China’s Unbelievable Skilled Power Line Workers Walking In Clouds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEF25O3C9ZE
Not all that long ago British workers were not using any safety equipment!
The Pylon Men (1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUowNWSk4uU
You meant the son Whun Doh Bai Din?
yup that is bull#$$t...
It's been my experience that when everyone is safety conscious ... things move along faster.
Nothing like a medical event or accident to bring an entire site to a halt.
Another Bai Dung plan gone wrong.
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