sidewalk superintendent
(construction, North America) A passer-by or other person who watches and possibly advises work at a construction project from a sidewalk or other vantage point.
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(construction, North America) A passer-by or other person who watches and possibly advises work at a construction project from a sidewalk or other vantage point.
Even the most occasional sidewalk superintendent knows that in the construction of a tall building the first floor is put in before the second, the second before the third, and so on.
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