The Cost of Rework

In 2015, total commercial real estate construction ran a tab of nearly $700 billion US dollars. An estimated 14% of that was caused by rework of human error due to unskilled labor and materials defects.

$98,000,000,000

That’s how much is wasted every year in the US construction industry.

Think about it. What could you do with $98 billion dollars?


130 round trips to the moon

A single trip to the moon would run you about $750 million.


Buy college tuition for 10,155,440 people

One year of public college in-state tuition averages $9,650 in the US.


Buy the Chicago Cubs

The cost to buy the beloved team is only $1B, so you’ll have plenty left over for peanuts and crackerjacks!


Become a Shark on Shark Tank

For a $50 million investment you can swim with the Sharks! (Team Cuban!)


End world hunger for 3,266 years


World hunger could be ended for roughly $30 million per year. With that $98 billion you have, you could end hunger worldwide for a whopping 3,266 years.


1,884 1962 Ferrari 250 GTOs

One 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO goes for around $35 million, meaning you could buy a fleet of 1,884 of them! (But, unfortunately, only 39 of these beauties were made.)


Buy 612 private islands in Thailand

Rangyai Island in Thailand goes for a cool $160 million, so go ahead and buy one for everyone you know then leave yourself a few million for sun screen and flip flops.


Adopt 163,333,333 dogs!

Assuming the average adoption cost at about $600 (vet visit, microchip, neuter, food, etc), you could afford to adopt over a hundred million little guys and setting them free on some giant patch of land that you’ve also bought with all that money.


Just think of the possibilities! That number is crazy.

That amount of wasted money is ridiculous.

Is human error really the best way to spend $98 billion?

We don’t think so.

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