re: Why does it seem like commercial construction projects take forever these days ?

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From what I hear from contractors in my area, permits are still backlogged and it takes forever to get inspections to move projects forward quickly.

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People have NO idea how expensive it is to get a building permit and what those costs do to the cost of building anything. I spent an hour with a local inspector Thursday because I am planning on building a timber frame RV cover with trees on a lot we own and convincing the county that me using those trees is far more sensible than putting them in a landfill. It is fully permissable to build a "house" on wheels and truck it 500 miles and place it on concrete blocks but try to use some southern yellow pine from your place for board and batten siding, a practice as old as europeans being in the south, and watch the county employees have a stroke.