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2. Home construction - Wikipedia

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   Home construction or residential construction is the process of constructing a house, apartment building, or similar residential building [1] generally referred to as a ' home ' when giving consideration to the people who might now or someday reside there. Beginning with simple pre-historic shelters, home construction techniques have evolved to ...

3. General contractor - Wikipedia

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   General Contractors are mainly responsible for the overall coordination of a project and may also act as building designer and construction foreman (a tradesman in charge of a crew). A general contractor must first assess the project-specific documents (referred to as a bid, proposal, or tender documents). In the case of renovations, a site ...

4. List of construction trades - Wikipedia

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   The following is a list of trades in construction. Boilermaker, works in nuclear, oil and gas industry, shipyards, refineries, and chemical plants, on boilers, pressure vessels, and similar equipment. Carpenter, a craftsperson who performs carpentry, building mainly with wood. [1] Among carpentry's subsidiary trades are those of cabinet maker ...

5. Construction worker - Wikipedia

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   Definition. By some definitions, construction workers may be engaged in manual labour as unskilled or semi-skilled workers. [1] These workers begin by attending to general tasks such as digging, cleaning, and unloading equipment. As they acquire experience, they start to specialize in areas of roofing, pipefitting, structural work, or carpentry.

6. Real estate development - Wikipedia

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   Advertisement for mobile homes on the Florida Keys, June 1973. Real estate development, or property development, is a business process, encompassing activities that range from the renovation and re- lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw land and the sale of developed land or parcels to others. Real estate developers are the people ...

7. Architect - Wikipedia

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   An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. [1] To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that have human occupancy or use as their principal purpose. [2] Etymologically, the term architect ...