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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In the 20s and 30s you could plan on one worker death per million dollars of budget. In the 40s the US military suffered more casualties in training command than they did in some combat commands.

If you think that’s acceptable today, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.

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