Author: Cathy Beylon Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 9780486418360 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 12
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Fill a busy work area with sticker images of barricades, danger signs, figures of workers driving dump trucks and cement mixers, and much more. 24 stickers.
Author: Bernie Zubrowski Publisher: Little Brown ISBN: 9780316988759 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 58
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Presents directions for constructing simple houses, bridges, and other structures from drinking straws. These projects illustrate fundamental engineering principles.
Author: Steven James Petruccio Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486472329 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 8
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Every aspiring "king of the road" will want this build-a-truck sticker set. The 25 parts include a crane bucket, bulldozer blade, air horns, wrecking ball, and more. Just apply to the basic chassis on inside cover.
Author: Beth L Blair Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1507201192 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 144
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Rumble! Roar! Beep! Kaboom! If you're the kind of kid who can't resist a construction site--the roar of big trucks, giant piles of dirt, and super-tall cranes lifting bundles of steel high in the air--this book is for you! Inside, you'll find 100 all-new puzzles, starring diggers, loaders, dumpers, lifters, and many more kinds of work vehicles. You can bulldoze your way through a maze, dump a load of letters into a crisscross, mix up some words in a scramble, or load the correct answer in a math puzzle. There are codes to crack, dots to connect, and words to criss-cross. Get behind the wheel with fun puzzles like: Floating Cranes Junk Pile Giant Jobs Twisted Skidders Push Me, Pull You Put on your hard hat, grab a pencil, and join us at the construction site.
Author: Akyiaa Morrison PE Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN: 1638071896 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 200
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Construction comes alive with hands-on activities for kids ages 5 to 10 Kids love construction! From bridges to buildings, this book is filled with incredible things that young engineers can design and build themselves. They'll learn how structures are built, what goes on at construction sites, and the ways simple materials like rocks and dirt helped create our modern world. This book keeps kids on track with step-by-step instructions for building paper cup towers, railroads, and more. They'll find out about the infrastructure that makes up our neighborhoods while also discovering how science, technology, engineering, art, and math all play important parts in construction. Go beyond other construction books for kids with: 25 inspiring activities—Introduce kids to real construction with projects they can build at home using easy-to-find materials and an adult assistant. Kid-friendly explanations—Expand the learning with simple explanations of how activities connect to STEAM concepts, as well as the hows and whys behind each project. Info at a glance—Pick the perfect project with handy labels that detail the difficulty of the build, the time needed, and all necessary materials. Foster a lifelong love of building with this standout among kids' construction books.
Author: Len Holm Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1119813530 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 404
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A MUST-HAVE, PRACTICAL GUIDE THAT CONNECTS SCHEDULING AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT In A Contractor’s Guide to Planning, Scheduling, and Control, an experienced construction professional delivers a unique and effective approach to the planning and scheduling responsibilities of a construction project manager, superintendent, or jobsite scheduler. The author describes the complete scheduling cycle, from preconstruction and scheduling through controls and closeout, from the perspective of real-world general contractors and scheduling professionals. Filled with tools and strategies that actually help contractors build projects, and light on academic jargon and terminology that’s not used in the field, the book includes examples of real craft workers and subcontractors, like electricians, carpenters, and drywallers, to highlight the concepts discussed within. Finally, an extensive appendix rounds out the book with references to additional resources for the reader. This comprehensive guide includes: Thorough introductions to construction contracting, lean construction planning, subcontractor management, and more A comprehensive exploration of a commercial case study that’s considered in each chapter, connecting critical topics with a consistent through line End-of-chapter review questions and applied exercises Access to a companion website that includes additional resources and, for instructors, solutions, additional case studies, sample estimates, and sample schedules Perfect for upper-level undergraduate students in construction management and construction engineering programs, A Contractor’s Guide to Planning, Scheduling, and Control is also an irreplaceable reference for general contractors and construction project management professionals.
Author: Stephen Pryke Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1119450683 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 382
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Provides a unique overview of supply chain management (SCM) concepts, illustrating how the methodology can help enhance construction industry project success This book provides a unique appraisal of supply chain management (SCM) concepts brought together with lessons from industry and analysis gathered from extensive research on how supply chains are managed in the construction industry. The research from leading international academics has been drawn together with the experience from some of the industry's foremost SCM practitioners to provide both the experienced researcher and the industry practitioner a thorough grounding in its principles, as well as an illustration of SCM as a methodology for enhancing construction industry project success. The new edition of Successful Construction Supply Chain Management: Concepts and Case Studies incorporate chapters dealing with Building Information Modelling, sustainability, the ‘Demand Chain' in projects, the link between self-organizing networks and supply chains, decision-making, ‘Lean,’ and mega-projects. Other chapters cover risk transfer and allocation, behaviors, innovation, trust, supply chain design, alliances, and knowledge transfer. Supply Chain Management techniques have been used successfully in various industries, such as manufacturing and food processing, for decades Fully updated with new chapters dealing with key construction industry topics such as BIM, sustainability, the ‘Demand Chain' in projects, ‘Lean,’ mega-projects, and more Includes contributions from well established academics and practitioners from Network Rail, mainstream construction, and consultancy Illustrates how SCM methodologies can be used to enhance construction industry project success Successful Construction Supply Chain Management: Concepts and Case Studies is an ideal book for postgraduate students at MSc and PhD level studying the topic and for all construction management practitioners.
Author: E.D. Hirsch, Jr. Publisher: Delta ISBN: 0385316402 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 385
Book Description
The invaluable grade-by-grade guide (kindergarten—sixth) is designed to help parents and teachers select some of the best books for children. Books to Build On recommends: • for kindergartners, lively collections of poetry and stories, such as The Children’s Aesop, and imaginative alphabet books such as Bill Martin, Jr.’s Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Lucy Micklewait’s I Spy: An Alphabet in Art • for first graders, fine books on the fine arts, such as Ann Hayes’s Meet the Orchestra, the hands-on guide My First Music Book, and the thought-provoking Come Look with Me series of art books for children • for second graders, books that open doors to world cultures and history, such as Leonard Everett Fisher’s The Great Wall of China and Marcia Willaims’s humorous Greek Myths for Young Children • for third graders, books that bring to life the wonders of ancient Rome, such as Living in Ancient Rome, and fascinating books about astronomy, such as Seymour Simon’s Our Solar System • for fourth graders, engaging books on history, including Jean Fritz’s Shh! We're Writing the Constitution, and many books on Africa, including the stunningly illustrated story of Sundiata: Lion King of Mali • for fifth graders, a version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream that retains much of the original language but condenses the play for reading or performance by young students, and Michael McCurdy’s Escape from Slavery: The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass • for sixth graders, an eloquent retelling of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and the well-written American history series, A History of US . . . and many, many more!
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