construction materials
71Building Materials Holding Corporation — Infobox Company company name = Building Materials Holding Corporation (BMHC) company company type = Public foundation = Boise, Idaho (1987) as BMC West location = San Francisco, California num employees = 21,000 (Approx.) industry = Building… …
72Composite construction — is a generic term to describe any building construction involving multiple dissimilar materials. Composite construction is often used in building aircraft, watercraft, and building construction. There are several reasons to use composite… …
73Cordwood construction — For the method of electronic component assembly, see Printed circuit board# Cordwood construction. A section of a cordwood home. Cordwood construction (also called cordwood masonry, stackwall construction or stackwood construction ) is a term… …
74Lean construction — is a translation and adaption of lean manufacturing principles and practices to the end to end design and construction process. Unlike manufacturing, construction is a project based production process. Lean construction is concerned with the… …
75Submittals (construction) — Submittals in Construction Management are shop drawings, material data, and samples. Product data submittals, samples, and shop drawings are required primarily for the architect and engineer to verify that the correct products will be installed… …
76ship construction — Introduction complex of activities concerned with the design and fabrication of all marine vehicles (ship). Ship construction today is a complicated compound of art and science. In the great days of sail, vessels were designed and… …
77List of building materials — Building materials used in the construction industry to create buildings and structures. These categories of materials and products are used by American architects and construction project managers to specify the materials and methods used for… …
78Earthquake construction — is a branch of architectural engineering concerned with making sure structures can withstand as severe an earthquake shock as possible given the materials available. When, the structure in question is a human habitation, the questions of… …
79International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility — The International Fusion Material Irradiation Facility, also known as IFMIF, is an international scientific research program designed to test materials for suitability for use in a fusion reactor. The IFMIF, planned by Japan, the European Union,… …
80Labor and materials — is a standard phrase in a contract for construction in which the buyer agrees to pay the contractor based upon the work performed by the contractor s employees and subcontractors, and for materials used in the construction (plus the contractor s… …
