Construction remains terrible

The Problem
Construction is error-prone, expensive, and suffers delays. The government thinks construction productivity has slightly decreased since 1960. It just needs some clever engineering and solutions, but which ones? This post will focus on the ubiquitous single-family home.

Why Things Aren’t Getting Better
The combination of consumer tastes, low dollar value per volume building components, and the complexity of buildings inhibit efforts to scale.

nevertheless, there’s a constant stream of “innovation” that will supposedly solve this, but that remains unlikely. For example, this lego-like modular construction

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