When talking with colleagues about software design and development principles, I've noticed one of the most common sources for analogies is the construction industry. We build software and we consider the design and structure to be the architecture.

One of the best ways to learn (or teach) are through analyzing analogies - what other analogies can be drawn from construction? (whether already in common use in software or not).

Please provide a description, or your personal experience, regarding how the programming concept is similar to the construction concept.

^{[Credit to Programming concepts taken from the arts and humanities for the idea]}