The good Construction Project Managers get contracts doing three things. 1. Hands of by those wanting the construction done and on time. 2. They get bonuses when they finish ahead of time. 3. They get startup pay, pay during construction and the bonus pay if the job is complete on or before schedule.
Drove by our new animal shelter and court building while in town and it hit me. Materials are about half the cost. Labor roughly the other major part.
If he “hires the military” who are already being paid by the government, then costs go way down.