12-20-2015, 02:20 PM
(12-20-2015, 12:52 PM)KevinL Wrote: This looks a bit more complex than a manhole cover - it's actually bolted down at four points and I think is a bit smaller. This particular item may be trickier than a Canadian foundry could produce (or Grandlinq couldn't find one that was cost-effective).
Noooo. There are plenty of Canadian operations that can handle orders plenty more complicated than this. You may well be right about the "cost-effective" part, though. This East Jordan company apparently specializes in exactly this, so maybe not surprising that it could do it cheaper than a local alternative.
The U.S. is permitted to include "Made in America" provisions in infrastructure contracts, but unfortunately for us to do it would contravene NAFTA.