Professional staff costs

Un colega me manda este extracto que expresa mejor que cualquier poema la alegría de ser ingeniero en España:

"The cost structure (or cost per kilometre) for High Speed Rail can also vary significantly compared to other HSR projects and projects in other transport sectors. The cost per kilometre for the UK Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL, between London and the Channel Tunnel), for example, was 7.6 times as much per kilometre as the Spanish high speed line between Madrid and Lérida, which opened at almost exactly the same time as the first phase of CTRL. For CTRL, the cost of land and complex project management and structures contributed the most to the higher cost compared to its peer. Professional staff costs, associated with project management, planning, design and legal issues, constituted more than 25% of CTRL’s total costs, compared to just 2% to 3% for Madrid-Lerida..."