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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Safety standards could come into it. There’s that infamous picture of workers eating lunch on top of a skyscraper frame, which would be a huge violation today.

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