Most Read This Week In 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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Most Read This Week Tagged "Construction"

Forgotten Dreams (Dream #5)
Chapel Bend (Huckleberry Bay, #3)
Until May (Until Her/Him, #11)
Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment
Built to Last
Someone Builds the Dream
Construction Site: Farming Strong, All Year Long (Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site)
The Digger and the Duckling: A Gentle Picture Book About Found Family and Environmental Care for Kids (Ages 4-8)
So You Want To Build a Library
On the Other Side of the Forest
Construction Site: Road Crew Coming Through! (Goodnight Construction Site)
Not-a-Box City: A Picture Book for Children (Ages 4-8) about Imagination, Building, and Friendship
Built to Last (Park Avenue Promise, #3)
Sal Boat: (A Boat by Sal)
Hard Hat Hank and the Sky-High Solution
Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen
Carpenter's Helper
Tempt Me (The Donovans, #2)
Red Truck, Yellow Truck
The Little Library
A Girl Can Build Anything
A Sky-Blue Bench
The Little Blue Bridge (Little Ruby’s Big Ideas)
Colossal Cranes
Pretty Good House: A Guide to Creating Better Homes

Karl Wiggins
I worked in construction management and I don’t think construction workers are always honoured in the way they deserve. Barring natural disasters, a house or a 50-storey building is going to remain standing until it’s demolished, and that’s irrespective of the quality of craftsmanship. But the aesthetic qualities of good bricks will never be appreciated unless the workmanship is of the highest standard. Whether it’s writing, cooking or bricklaying, quality of workmanship will always be the deter ...more
Karl Wiggins, Wrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe

Pierce Brown
Would that my hands were meant to build. I would know what to say. What to do. Maybe in another life I would have been that man. In this one, my words, like my hands, are clumsy. All they can do is cut. All they can do is break.
Pierce Brown, Golden Son

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