This is often caused by multiple different crews working on differing schedules.
The demo crew was told “have it done by [x] date, so the dirt levelers can get to work.” So the demo crew starts at the beginning of the work window.
Then the dirt leveling crew is told “you have between [x] and [y] to get done, so the steel workers can come lay rebar.” The dirt levelers see that it can be done in three days, and their company over-committed on some other projects anyways, so they wait until the very end of their month-long window. This means the site sits demoed for an entire month before the levelers even show up.
The steel workers are told “you have between [y] and [z] to get this done.” They start right at the beginning of their work window, meaning the dirt gets leveled and rebar almost immediately gets done. Then it sits for another month before the concrete crews start, because the concrete formers were told that they couldn’t start until [z]. Then the concrete needs to cure before the forms are removed, and grout/seal is applied. This takes another month, because the crew coming back to remove the forms is delayed on other projects. So the concrete just sits there for another month before the forms are removed, seams are sealed, and the road actually opens again.
All in all, it was only like a week of actual work, but it took 3-4 months to complete, because of the massive delays in between each crew. And these delays are because every single company has over-committed their crews, (because none of them want to turn down work because they’re too busy, and later regret it), and requires a massive window to be able to schedule their crews at some point in that month.
This is often caused by multiple different crews working on differing schedules.
The demo crew was told “have it done by [x] date, so the dirt levelers can get to work.” So the demo crew starts at the beginning of the work window.
Then the dirt leveling crew is told “you have between [x] and [y] to get done, so the steel workers can come lay rebar.” The dirt levelers see that it can be done in three days, and their company over-committed on some other projects anyways, so they wait until the very end of their month-long window. This means the site sits demoed for an entire month before the levelers even show up.
The steel workers are told “you have between [y] and [z] to get this done.” They start right at the beginning of their work window, meaning the dirt gets leveled and rebar almost immediately gets done. Then it sits for another month before the concrete crews start, because the concrete formers were told that they couldn’t start until [z]. Then the concrete needs to cure before the forms are removed, and grout/seal is applied. This takes another month, because the crew coming back to remove the forms is delayed on other projects. So the concrete just sits there for another month before the forms are removed, seams are sealed, and the road actually opens again.
All in all, it was only like a week of actual work, but it took 3-4 months to complete, because of the massive delays in between each crew. And these delays are because every single company has over-committed their crews, (because none of them want to turn down work because they’re too busy, and later regret it), and requires a massive window to be able to schedule their crews at some point in that month.