construction industry

Examines various jobs in the building trades, describing the training required, types of work involved, opportunities for advancement, and more.

Explores the top twenty careers in construction in terms of the nature of the work, educational or training requirements, getting started, advancement possibilities, salary, employment outlook, and sources of more information.

After a quarrel over her decision to follow in her grandfather's footsteps and run for Congress, Nell MacDermott's husband dies in a boat explosion, and Nell, who has long possessed psychic gifts, must find out who killed him before she becomes the next victim.

An introduction to environmentally friendly careers in business and construction that profiles eco-investors, environmental economists, grounds maintenance workers, land trust and preserve managers, and other professions, discussing the nature and history of each job, key duties, education, training, potential earnings, work environment, and outlook, and including resources and interviews.

Presents a guide for a career in construction, covering the many sides of construction, working with stone, working with metal, large machinery operation, home construction, planners, leaders and managers, and finding and keeping a construction job.

A guide to the basic elements of construction management, covering contracts, project stages, estimation of costs, administration, job site management, project planning, scheduling, and monitoring, quality and safety control, and more, with review questions and an answer key.

Simple text and photographs illustrate a building being demolished.

Simple text and photographs illustrate a building, a bridge, and a stadium blown to pieces.

Surveys all of the many internship and volunteer opportunities available for those who like to build things, including shipbuilding and instrument-making to cabinetry and furniture-making, to civil engineering and architecture.

After a quarrel over her decision to follow in her grandfather's footsteps and run for Congress, Nell MacDermott's husband dies in a boat explosion, and Nell, who has long possessed psychic gifts, must find out who killed him before she becomes the next victim.