I was thinking the same thing. First one I saw was for the Eiffel Tower, which took 300 people 2 years, so that should actually show as 600 years, not 2.
Not to mention the time required to design it, the time spent by workers to collect the raw materials used to build it, the time spent in factories to produce a finished metal product that could be used in construction, etc.
Attempting to calculate the man-hours that went into almost any project of scale is absurd. There are far too many factors to consider.
Attempting to calculate the man-hours that went into almost any project of scale is absurd. There are far too many factors to consider.