uburoy t1_jd4oa41 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 8:27 PM

The Empire State Building was built in some really fast way that even today is impossible to replicate. How did they do that?

EmpireStateBuilding OP t1_jd4qkbv wrote on March 21, 2023 at 8:41 PM

I think the best way to explain it, is the time period. It was the heart of the Depression. As I understand it, we had approximately 3400 workers working 7 days a week and doing 13-hour days. I give lot of credit to the Starrett brothers who served as general contractors for the project and planned meticulously to move the process along as fast as possible.

uburoy t1_je8r85v wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:14 AM

It sounds like the planning was the big difference. You can't just throw more people at a problem, that usually makes it worse.

Interesting. Learning about the Starrett Brothers is great inside info, thank you!