Economic globalization, or offshoring, has started to drive fundamental changes in environmental remediation, and this change will accelerate rapidly over the next decade. Moving work processes to a low-cost area (LCA) to reduce cost is no longer limited to call centers, software development, or simple manufacturing. Complex tasks for domestic projects are now completed by well-educated scientists and engineers in places like India, China, and Latin America. Globalized technical work includes innovative engineering design, complex financial and business functions, and supporting complex multifunctional teams like those used in remediation projects. Globalization is starting to drive a fundamental restructuring of the domestic remediation industry. Successful examples of globalization in remediation are still few, but that is changing. Fully loaded labor rates for junior- and mid-level engineering or scientific staff in low-cost areas can be up to three times cheaper than comparable labor in the United States and Europe.
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