building

Describes the activities of a real estate developer and a master carpenter who plan and build new houses in a community.

Describes the building of Norwest Center, a fifty-seven story skyscraper in Minneapolis.

Describes the building of ten constructions spanning 500 years of American history. Includes the Mesa Verde cliff dwellings, the Washington Monument, the Holland Tunnel, the Mount Rushmore carvings, and the Mackinac Bridge.

Text and bird's-eye-view illustrations follow the action at a construction site throughout the year, from the demolition of an old structure, to pumping concrete, to setting roof timbers, to painting the walls.

Simple text and photographs portray the daily routines of construction workers who build houses.

Describes the earthmoving machinery and construction equipment at work on a building site while focusing on the special parts of machines which perform specific functions.

Describes the process of construction, step-by-step, from clearing the site to cleaning up the finished building.

Two Little Pigs whose small homes in the woods have been accidentally destroyed by Bear and Moose decide to build a house they can all share, and with the help of Beaver Builders they soon have a fine new home.

A family helps build their new house.

Recalls the unheralded men whose labors served to build the canals, roads, railroads, bridges, and towering buildings of the United States.