Construction

Residential Construction...

• Provides places where people live, including apartment buildings and single family homes.

• Includes office structures, shopping malls, and factories.

• Creates large structures for public use, such as hospitals and schools.

• Builds railways, communication systems, and roads.

Civil Construction...

• Provides places where people live, including apartment buildings and single family homes.

• Includes office structures, shopping malls, and factories.

• Creates large structures for public use, such as hospitals and schools.

• Builds railways, communication systems, and roads.

Commercial/ Industrial Construction...

• Provides places where people live, including apartment buildings and single family homes.

• Includes office structures, shopping malls, and factories.

• Creates large structures for public use, such as hospitals and schools.

• Builds railways, communication systems, and roads.

Covering a road with strong, durable material is called...

• Asphalting

• Pavementing

• Surfacing

• Engineering

Construction systems include...

• Inputs

• Processes

• Outputs

• All of the above

Today scientists and engineers work to develop new and better materials, such as...

• Wood

• Steel

• Concrete

• All of the above

Trees growing on commercial tree farms produce wood in its natural state. People cut this wood to make...

• Concrete

• Lumber

• Steel

• Curtain Walls

Most single family homes are made of lumber because it's...

• Readily available

• Easy to work with

• Economical

• All of the above

A mixture of dry cement, sand, stones, and water is called...

• Asphalt

• Steel

• Mud

• Concrete

Rules are part of the information inputs used by construction systems. The rules are called...

• Legislation

• Building Codes

• Commercial Permits

• Blueprints