How are large-scale, intricate construction sites organized so that every worker knows exactly what and when to do?

Question

I’m talking mostly about huge, designer buildings or skyscrapers that take a team of architects and years of experience to design. How are then the construction workers, who, in my narrow-minded world do not necessarily have to be very educated, able to synchronize in such a way that everyone knows exactly what to do to turn the architects’ plans into reality, and in such a short time?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

These other posts are basically right, but also the other thing is that they’re also often complete shitshows — poor communication, finger pointing, covering for other guys fuckups, etc. These factors all waste time and money. Big developers often assess HUGE penalties to the coordinator for delivering the project late – like 15k per day. Projects running behind will often authorize huge overtime bc it will cost them less than being late.