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Germany as of late doesn't do much better; see what happened to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, which was a decade and 4 billion euros over budget.

• ivan_gammel 3y ago
  Both governments and corporations poorly execute big projects, but public housing isn’t one of them. It’s thousands of small projects, that can be operationally standardized and thus become perfect job for Germans.
  • pas 3y ago
    that's a problem onto itself. small scale building projects are very inefficient :/
    • ivan_gammel 3y ago
      It depends. Few lessons could be learned from Soviet times, taking Marzahn district in Berlin as an example. You need to integrate suppliers of construction materials, pre-fabricate large construction elements and design buildings from standardized elements, adding some variability on facade and layouts to make it looking more fancy than Plattenbau. Whole district can be designed and built at once to ensure availability of healthcare, child care, public transportation etc. This allows to design projects and build quickly, reducing bureaucracy. One more step to accelerate time to market is to sell without interior elements like floors or shower, just raw walls and connectors to water, sewage and electricity. The new owners/tenants may then design interior themselves or purchase standard design. They may be obliged to finish interior works by a certain deadline in the same time frame as neighbors.