Why does it take so much longer to build in the US compared to 50+ years ago?

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It took a year to build the Empire State Building, and 5 years to build the Hoover Dam yet current estimates for the Francis Scott Key bridge rebuild are near 10 years. Why is this? Have we regressed?

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I heard that it’s because there’s a lot more codes that need to be followed so there’s no injuries which makes the process a lot slower

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