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Building under construction 14 dead, 35 injured 1973: Broadway Central Hotel, Mercer Arts Center: New York, NY, US: Hotel and theaters: 4 dead, at least 12 injured 1973: Zeulenroda Artificial Lake bridge: Zeulenroda, Germany : Bridge (under construction) 4 dead 1974: Makahali River bridge: Baitadi, Nepal: Bridge: 140 dead 1974: Miami DEA ...
NEXT explains how everything from safety hazards to budgetary issues can impact the timelines, costs, and the well-being of workers involved in construction projects. A closer look at 8 common ...
The following list includes projects to build new highways or improve existing ones, including roadways, bridges, and tunnels. It includes only projects that are underway or completed.
Log building is the second most common type of carpentry in American history. In some regions and periods it was more common than timber framing. There are many different styles of log carpentry: (1) where the logs are made into squared beams and fitted tightly. This style is typical of defensive structures called a blockhouse.
The International Congress on Construction History is held every three years, with the First International Congress on Construction History held in Madrid in 2003. [31] This has been followed by editions held in Queens College, Cambridge, England (2006), Cottbus (2009), Paris (2012), Chicago (2015), Brussels (2018), and Lisbon (2021).
The building of roads in the early years of the 19th century greatly lowered transportation costs and was a factor in the deflation of 1819 to 1821, which was one of the most severe in U.S. history. [9]: 133 Some turnpikes were wooden plank roads, which typically cost about $1,500 to $1,800 per mile, but wore out quickly.
A Brief History of Forestry in Europe, the United States and Other Countries (Toronto, 1911) Hidy, R. W. et al. Timber and Men: The Weyerhauser Story (1964). Miller, Char, ed. American Forests: Nature, Culture, and Politics (UP of Kansas, 1997). Pyne, Stephen. Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire (Princeton UP, 1982 ...
2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike: 2007–2008 Hollywood, California: 12,000 [40] 1973 Cleveland teachers strike: 1973 Cleveland: 12,000 [5] September 1967 General Motors strike: 1967 Dayton, Ohio: 11,600 [93] [94] 2021 Washington state carpenters strike: 2021 Washington: 11,500 2023 Writers Guild of America strike: 2023