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3) Roadwork
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Big machines and their drivers work together to build a road.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told in rhyme, the big construction trucks are skeptical when Kid McGear the skid-steer shows up on the big construction site--after all a skid-steer is rather small--but when the big trucks run into trouble on a steep incline, Kid McGear proves that sometimes a small all-purpose truck may be just what is needed to save the day.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
It is Christmas Eve, and all the construction vehicles are finishing up work on the site, and when they leave they find that there is a special present waiting for each of them.
9) Dream backyards: from planters to decks, over 30 projects to create a beautiful outdoor living space
Publisher
Reader's Digest
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
11) Apprenticeships
Author
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that: apprentices are paid to learn, apprenticeship can lead to high-paying job opportunities, there are hundreds of apprenticeship training programs to pick from, with more becoming available every single year, apprentices don't just work on construction sites. You can find them in banks, insurance companies, at educational institutions, in the Army, and even at Amazon. Discover what apprenticeships are, how you can get into the training...
12) Mosque
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Offers an inside look into how a mosque was built in Turkey in the late 1600s, discussing building materials, construction, and functionality in terms of society.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Filmed in October 2008 at the second international conference on the changing state of materials in architecture with the participation of prominent architects and engineers, hosted by Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture. Concrete is entering a renewed era of development with worldwide implications and under radically new economic circumstances. What are the futures of concrete in architecture and engineering in terms of technologies...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Filmed at an international conference of prominent architects and engineers at Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture in September 2007. After its role in the last century's call to a radical new architecture and urban life, glass architecture is today more ubiquitous than ever. A highly engineered product, glass has emerged in a new light as an apparently culturally accepted material in design and construction. Its new incarnation,...
15) Bridge of Clay
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Upon their father's return, the five Dunbar boys, who have raised themselves since their mother's death, begin to learn family secrets, including that of fourth brother Clay, who will build a bridge for complex reasons, including his own redemption.
16) Pyramid
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Text and black-and-white illustrations follow the intricate step-by-step process of the building of an ancient Egyptian pyramid.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Cole, Bart, and Teddy, the three principals of True Triangle Construction, are hired to finish a project for a mysteriously wealthy homeowner. Nestled in the mountains outside of Jackson, Wyoming, the house is a masterpiece, unlike anything they've done before. Once finished, it promises to be the architectural prize of Jackson and could put True Triangle on the map. But the owner is intent on having it built in a matter of months, an impossible task...
18) Big machines
Author
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Demonstrates how the crane, bulldozer, dump truck, and other construction machines all play a part in building a new park.
19) Dig, dump, roll
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Wham-a-hammer, bam-a-slamma! The construction crew is back -- but what are they building this time?"--
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