Construction Questions

[tworivers]

I've got a question for the architects/engineers here. Seemed worthy of a new thread.

I've been watching the 4 buildings designed by Studio 3 go up here in N Portland -- two on the SE side of the intersection of Mississippi/Fremont and 2 at opposite corners of Vancouver/Shaver. I'm just assuming that they're all the same developer because I've never seen buildings go up this slowly. All four of them. I mean astonishingly slowly. You'd think they'd want to get in on the apartment market asap but what do I know.

My question, though, is regarding standards around how long plywood can sit uncovered on the side of a building absorbing all manner of nasty weather. Is there no structural degradation that can happen when a half-built structure soaks up rain storm after rain storm during your average Portland fall/winter/spring -- in this case, with hardly any apparent construction activity happening at times? Mold risk? Are there regulations governing this? Inspectors enforcing? I have my doubts already about the quality of this firm's work but watching several of these buildings soak up so much moisture this winter (and last) while progressing at a snails pace has really had me wondering...