I was the Project Supt. over 3 Condo Builds over a 5 year period in Destin and PCB back in '04 to '09......The quality of the finishes was PITIFUL....BUT..We were fighting a Un-Achieveable Schedule....which was linked to the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$....Along with a lot of poor help.
You are correct everything is based on unrealistic schedules now. Some of the projects we do now that have a 9 month duration were 2 year projects in the 80s. Now there isn’t a 40 hour work week anymore. The GCs answer is 7 days a week and get more Mexicans.The young project managers coming out of Auburn with a building science degree has no clue what quality is. Their only goal is to shave days off the schedule.
