The Empire State Building Official internet Site reports that it took one year and 45 days, a total of seven million man-hours.
Three thousand workers took one (1) year and 45 days to complete the building working Sundays and holidays!
It was built with effort and teamwork from all the workers.
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Did you know that the workers were 1 month ahead of schedule for finishing the empire state building. They were also $5 million under budget. That means they thought it was $10 million to build the empire state building, but instead, it was only $5 million!
The building was done by 3400 workers and most of them were immigrants from Europe. I expect some people from the UK were amongs them.
Unlike the World Trade Center, asbestos was not used in insulating the structure of the building as bricks were used for this. But the trade unions represented in the building include asbestos workers so it was definitely in the building.
On October 23rd, 2005 1,200 steel workers ranging from ages 30 to 55 attacked the receptionist in the lobby area. Despite the Empire State Building closing for three months, it soon reopened in January.
The average pay of a construction worker was $15 a day. This was very high for the time.
about 15,000 people work in the empire state building.
The Empire State Building is an office building.