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When's the last time a construction job was done on time? Or even within +/- 20%?
by leesec 7y ago
When's the last time a construction job was done on time? Or even within +/- 20%?
- dagw 7y agoHappens every day all over the world. It's just such a mundane event no one writes newspaper articles about it.
- adrianN 7y agoSo, just like software projects.
- marcosdumay 7y agoWell, I've never heard about it. Both of my parents worked their entire lives on the construction industry. It's a running joke that this never happens.
- phonebanshee 7y agoSoftware people tend to assume that the rest of the world is far more organized than it actually is. In particular, they seem to think that construction projects tend to be well-oiled machines with perfectly followed specs written in advance.
- dagw 7y agoI work in civil engineering so I'm fully aware of what monstrous cluster fucks some projects turn into. Doesn't change the fact that the majority of projects (by number) are simple, small, unambitious projects that basically go as expected.
- prepend 7y agoIt happens when people really care. I think there’s a lot of corruption and incompetence in construction so unnecessary overages are tolerated. Atlanta rebuilt its 8 lane highway segment early [0]. [0] https://www.ajc.com/news/local/bridge-fast-construction-safe-experts-say/0JaNEjrgDZpCcN0mfi1oLL/ https://www.ajc.com/news/local/bridge-fast-construction-safe...
- JJMcJ 7y agoAfter Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles area, many freeway interchanges were rebuilt within months. But there was extreme urgency here. General Leslie Groves was chosen to administer the Manhattan Project because he got the Pentagon built on time and on budget, and was viewed as someone of superior skill at these things.
- stormking 7y agoHere in Germany we often jokingly say that the Berlin Wall was the last big public construction project that was completed within time and budget. ;-)