It is very common for major construction projects (“major” defined as anything bigger than a single family home) to record the progress for the duration of the project. When I had a studio I was contracted on occasion to cover things like apartment building construction and the buiding of a large water tower. I had to go on-site about once per week and shoot the thing from various angles.
There are many reasons a builder would need to have a record of the construction. And a large company would easily find it prudent to have their own historian on staff. The fact that you have not heard of something does not mean that it does not exist in the real world.