Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
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.
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 history of construction traces the changes in building tools, methods, techniques and systems used in the field of construction.It explains the evolution of how humans created shelter and other structures that comprises the entire built environment.
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.
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 ...
Most major new bridges are now modelled in wind tunnels. Rebuilt in 1950; parallel span opened in 2007. Theodor Heuss Bridge: Ludwigshafen: Germany 12 December 1940: Bridge of concrete, Motorway bridge Collapsed during construction Unknown Bridge completely destroyed Resulted in delay in completion of the motorway crossing of the Rhine until 1953
This is a list of destroyed heritage of the United States. The year of demolition is marked in parentheses. This is a list of cultural-heritage sites that have been damaged or destroyed accidentally, deliberately, or by a natural disaster, sorted by state.