Construction and creativity

Reviewing and inspecting very many construction and civil works in the last three years, that being one of my responsibilities (although without any experience in this field!), I’ve begun to realise how routine or monotonous most contractors and engineers tend to be. 

For most of the contractors, construction is basically building: brick, cement, steel, and stuff. The same stuff, the same way, all the time. They don’t seem to pick up any practical – leave alone, innovative – aspects of constructions which enrich their work, over time. 

I guess, their whole concentration is on completing the work or getting the basics right, that they don’t really bother to add finesse or value or utility enhancing features to their works. Or perhaps, being an outsider to this field, I under-estimate their learning or application of their skills. 

Perhaps, they’d be wondering in similar lines (or worse) about my financial and administrative skills!