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If robotic ground based cranes can't reach inside the building, then for the most part, neither can human workers [making similar adjustments for scale]. Robotic helicopters might have advantages where helicopters are currently used for construction. But those are limited cases.
Generally, the duration of construction is determined by economics and weather. Flying robots probably don't provide an advantage on either front.
There may be some applications for MAV's for the inspection of construction. But there's an off the shelf solution already availible [http://www.amazon.com/Air-Hogs-Hawk-Eye-Channel/dp/B00395EJR...]