Construction

Construction is a general term meaning the art and science to form objects, systems, or organizations, and comes from Latin constructio (from com- "together" and struere "to pile up") via the Old French construction. To construct is the verb: the act of building, and the noun is construction: how something is built, the nature of its structure.

In its most widely used context, construction covers the processes involved in delivering buildings, infrastructure, industrial facilities, and associated activities through to the end of their life. It typically starts with planning, financing, and desi
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Chapel Bend (Huckleberry Bay, #3)
Until May (Until Her/Him, #11)
Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen
Construction Site: Road Crew Coming Through! (Goodnight Construction Site)
Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment
Construction Site: Farming Strong, All Year Long (Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site)
Someone Builds the Dream
Built to Last
The Little Library
So You Want To Build a Library
Sal Boat: (A Boat by Sal)
Hard Hat Hank and the Sky-High Solution
Colossal Cranes
Pretty Good House: A Guide to Creating Better Homes
On the Other Side of the Forest
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Construction
Demolition (Construction Crew)
Tip Tip Dig Dig
The Digger and the Flower: An Inspiring Picture Book About Rebirth and Change in the City for Children (Ages 4-8) (The Digger Series, 1)
Mighty, Mighty Construction Site
Building Our House
Roadwork
Bulldozer's Big Day (The Bulldozer Books)
Someone Builds the Dream
Little Excavator
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Dig, Dogs, Dig: A Construction Tail
Machines at Work
Go! Go! Go! Stop!
Miss Fix-It by Emma HartThe Obsession by Nora RobertsBounty by Kristen AshleyTribute by Nora RobertsThe Next Always by Nora Roberts
Renovation Romance
116 books — 28 voters
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesClean Sweep by Ilona AndrewsSweep in Peace by Ilona AndrewsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingPiranesi by Susanna Clarke
Sentient Houses
167 books — 68 voters

Unseen Academicals by Terry PratchettPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Starless Sea by Erin MorgensternThe Mirror of Her Dreams by Stephen R. Donaldson
Big Labyrinthine Buildings
17 books — 7 voters
Dungeon Born by Dakota KroutAncient Ruins by Benjamin MedranoThe Slime Dungeon by Jeffrey "Falcon" LogueWe Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. TaylorDungeon Spawned by D.R. Rosier
Protagonist is a Dungeon
66 books — 164 voters

Love, Like Water by Rowan SpeedwellTexas Family by R.J. ScottTexas Pride by Kindle AlexanderBullheaded by Catt FordBully for You by Catt Ford
M/M Blue Collar Books 2013
16 books — 3 voters
Taxes and Tardis by N.R. WalkerAny Closer by Mary CalmesLove Ahead by Madeleine UrbanDisasterology 101 by Taylor V. DonovanHandyman by Claire Thompson
Best Gay Construction Workers
124 books — 52 voters


Santosh Kalwar
The thin line between life and death is still under construction.
Santosh Kalwar, Adventus

Ken Follett
Proportion is the heart of beauty.
Ken Follett, The Pillars of the Earth

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