“The Empire State Building was built in 13 months, nearly 100 years ago. Today, you couldn’t get the permit in 13 months.”
I heard somebody (Jeff Booth?) point this out on a podcast yesterday. ...
I've in construction for 30 years and I can attest - the permit process has nose dived for the last 10 years and it takes 13 months to build a 10-story building now. However, it is much more safer than it was in the 30s, but the red tape is insane!
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