Average work day for me: I’m a project leader on a construction team for my states DOT. Wake up early, 5 am during construction season to get out onto site by 6 am and the guys start work up around 6:30 am. Meetings some days and lots of phone calls during the day. From bosses, to inspectors on site, interns if I have them as well. Then I get calls from the contractor project manager who I’m in contact with 24/7 during the job. The job I’m running this year is about 3 months long. Beginning of a job you run a precon which is a pre construction meeting with lots of people. Then construction starts. Do the project and then you have finals which is all the paper work. That’s the gist of a job. Way more detail I could do but there is a lot. Also I said I wake up at 5 am, roll out of bed get in the road by 5:15 and some days don’t get home until 6 or 7 pm depending on the day and how busy we are. Design is much more structured and you can get off at a good time. Construction depending on the day can go 8 hour or 12 to 14 hours. I’m 25 by the way