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by whartung 1533 days ago
I watched my house being built. We'd visit the site pretty much once a week or every other week.

One day we showed up, and all of the electrical had been done. Power, internet, pre-wired home alarm, panels, the whole kit. Plumbing was the same way. One day, plumbing. (It uses that flexible plastic tubing internally, that has to go up fast.)

Did I see it being done? No. For all I know 50 folks showed up and wired it in a day. "2 man months". But, I'm guessing that's not what happened.

The most interesting anecdote from this is that I actually met one of the guys that did the work. He did, at least part of, the internet wiring.

Know how I met him? He was driving a dump truck delivering landscaping material. He liked the work better, I guess his family owned the hauling business.

I don't know what he was getting paid to route CAT 6 cable, but, apparently, all told, driving a dump truck is better.

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You pay $300/hr for electrical work, and by the time it trickles down to the actual apprentices doing the grunt work it’s $20-40/hr. Even the electrician officially in charge is $100/hr at best unless he owns the company (and then it’s often lower due to bad accounting).