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They're measuring square feet completed per employee. Houses are twice as big now as they were 50 years ago. Anyone who's every done a remodel or new construc
by jedberg 4y ago
They're measuring square feet completed per employee. Houses are twice as big now as they were 50 years ago. Anyone who's every done a remodel or new construction knows that 80% of the time is spent on the last 20% of finishing work, and with twice the square feet, that's twice as much finishing work.
Also, does this paper take into account increased regulations? Both the time spent complying with new building codes as well as the time spent waiting for inspectors?
- eklitzke 4y agoIf it's twice as much finishing work it's also twice as much "fast" work (the first 80%). The ratio of time spent between the easy stuff and the hard stuff shouldn't change, at least not just based on a square footage change.
- pixl97 4y agoUntil you consider central heating, multiple bathrooms, far more electric outlets, and then multiple inspections of the above by different groups. Modern homes are far more complex.
- gruez 4y ago>They're measuring square feet completed per employee. Houses are twice as big now as they were 50 years ago. Anyone who's every done a remodel or new construction knows that 80% of the time is spent on the last 20% of finishing work, and with twice the square feet, that's twice as much finishing work. I don't see the point you're making. Houses are twice as big, so they require twice the amount of finishing work. If productivity was growing or staying the same, you shouldn't get less productivity as a result of that.
- jedberg 4y agoThe finishing work takes longer now because of the complexity.