The Golden Gate Bridge was built in 4.2 years. Starting in 2009, the replacement of 1.5 miles of road just south of it took 8 years.
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Everything C.C. Meyers, Inc did -- they were the "low bid, massive payments for early completion" contractor in California, for stuff like "we need this bridge final assembly done, and only close the bridge for 3 days, must be done on time".
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What I find amazing about him and his firm was that government contracting, especially road construction, is usually massively expensive/slow/delayed. This was like startup vs. incumbent but in a highly-regulated industry. (also https://www.comstocksmag.com/longreads/cover-worlds-fastest-man …)
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US constitution took 116 days.
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These two blow my mind The Empire State Building: The History of New York City’s Most Iconic Landmark https://www.amazon.com/dp/1507831609/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_08UGBbB039V9P … and Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center https://www.amazon.com/dp/0670031690/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_j9UGBb31H7XWG … Both 2 years. Empire State ahead of schedule. Also https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-777-history-2017-6 …
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Empire State Building. 13.5 months from the first steel beam - *18 months from the start of demolition.* And they developed many of the techniques for building it along the way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building …pic.twitter.com/DUY9O32VQ8
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Manhattan Project - five years.
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IIRC, "The Usual Suspects," Bryan Singer's classic 2nd feature film, had a principal photography schedule of 15 weeks. I'd also add... The Lord of the Rings, all 3 films shot simultaneously, sometimes w/as many as 9 units shooting. Principal photography for all 3: 15 months.
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Apollo 8. NASA decided to make it the first mission to orbit the moon and had four months to do it.https://www.amazon.com/Rocket-Men-Odyssey-Astronauts-Journey/dp/0812988701 …
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Have you read the book? I just heard Kurson interviewed the other day and it sounds fantastic
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Yes, I recommend it. Shadow Divers is good, too.
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Hoover Dam, ~5 years, 2 years ahead of schedule, in a hot, remote location with no infrastructure, and never done before. 2016 dollars cost $630 million, $300-400 million less than the new Vikings Stadium, and still in use 82 years later… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam
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General Atomics' first fission reactor. They went from napkin sketch to critical in about 18 months.
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It's still amazing to me that Kind of Blue was recorded in two days.
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Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks was recorded over three days with musicians he’d never met and no rehearsals. And it’s perfect.
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There was a Chinese skyscraper (57 floors) built in 19 days.
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