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Skanska is one of the largest construction companies in the US. a few of their projects include met life stadium, Brooklyn bridge park, and university medical center.

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Skanska is a world leading project development and construction group, aimed at building for a better society. Learn more about us!

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Jacobs construction works on a lot of unique projects. one of their big projects was NASA's magnetic spectrometer which was installed on the international space station in 2011

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At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

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Gotham Construction works on many different projects from commercial, residential, healthcare and more. Gotham is also located out of New York.

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Gotham has taken an industry-leading approach to transforming the buildings and neighborhoods where people live, work, shop, dine and unwind in New York City.

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KB Home Builders are one of the biggest home builders in America, building over 550,000 homes throughout the US.

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New Home Builders In Your Area - KB Home

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KB Home designs houses for the way you live. Find energy efficient new homes for sale nationwide and learn from homeowners who share their stories.

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PCL Construction completed the design build San Diego airport terminal 2 building and air side expansion project. The airport won the Engineering news record, the best award in the airport transit category.

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Learn about the amazing projects built by the PCL family of construction companies.

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Turner is another company that does some cool projects such as Yankee stadium. An interesting fact about Turner is they have the Guinness world record for the longest concrete pour.

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Turner has a culture of innovation and promotes advances in technology, sustainability, lean practices, building information modeling, safety, community involvement, learning and development, and knowledge sharing.

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Kiewit is another big company. some of the things they do are building, mining, power, transportation and more.

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What began in 1884 with two hardworking brothers has grown into a construction, mining and engineering powerhouse.

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Barnard does a lot of different heavy civil projects throughout the US, and they also have taken many Delhi students.

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That's what we do at Barnard. Whether we're raising a dam in Alaska, constructing a reservoir in Florida, tunneling under downtown San Francisco, redirecting a river while building a complex hydropower plant in northern Manitoba, or strengthening and improving the integrity of a natural gas pipeline in a Sacramento suburb, our people arrive at our projects with a determination to do the best for their communities and be the best in the industry.

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Rifenburg is one of the oldest and largest construction companies in upstate New York. they specialize in landfill expansions, highway and bridgework.

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Collectively, the Rifenburg Companies provides its clients with a wealth of experience and services, including, but not limited to, highway construction and restoration, site development, landfill technologies, environmental clean-up, utilities installation, mining, aggregate sales, equipment sales, leasing, and rentals, and airport maintenance and runway reconstruction.

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Whiting Turner is a well known company to Delhi students and have many good opportunities.

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Since 1909, the firm has been guided by the principles of integrity, excellence and customer delight in the delivery of construction services.

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Sustainability is important in construction and this goes through some of turners sustainability policies.

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Sustainability | Turner Construction Company

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Seek LEED Certification for Turner Offices Turner has achieved LEED certification of 16 offices, representing 400,000 square feet of space. Green Field Offices and Activities Turner has a set of sustainability standards for our offices and jobsites, including a site-specific Indoor Air Quality plan, a Construction Waste Management plan and a Construction Activity Pollution Prevention plan.

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In New York city fatal construction accidents are on the rise, in this article a 12 ton air conditioning unit  fell 30 stories injuring 10 people.

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"The more jobs we have, it either means fewer workers doing more work, or more new workers who may not have as much experience or training," said Richard Anderson, president of the New York Building Congress, a trade group representing contractors, developers and designers.

There was $36 billion in construction spending last year, according to Mr. Anderson's group, a record that trumped the $32 billion spent in 2008. The number of new building permits issued by the city exceeded 98,000 in 2014, up from 74,000 in 2010.

Still, the rise in accidents and deaths is worrisome as Mayor Bill de Blasio calls for more construction to achieve his affordable housing and economic development goals.

In the mayor's proposed budget for the next fiscal year, the Buildings Department is one of the few city agencies seeing increased spending, to $148 million. That is 29 percent more than its current budget, by far the largest increase of any department.

"The department's highest priority is safe development," a spokesman, Alexander Schnell, said in a statement.

Officials were still trying to determine the cause of the accident on Sunday, which occurred around 10:30 a.m. The falling unit ripped holes in the 15th, ninth and eighth floors of 261 Madison Avenue.

Across the avenue, plywood had been placed on a few windows at 260 Madison Avenue, which belongs to the same landlord, the Sapir Organization.

Officer workers and tourists on Monday stopped at the metal fencing lining the sidewalks and juggled smartphones and umbrellas as they tried to take photos in the rain of the crushed and snarled steel above.

Construction unions and contractors that use union labor contend that the rise of cheaper, nonunion labor, an increasingly common practice in one of the most expensive real estate markets, is to blame for the rise in accidents.

"This is the second-most-dangerous job in America after mining, so you need guys who know what they are doing," said Louis J. Coletti, president of the Building Trades Employers' Association, which represents unionized construction companies that have been trying to fend off nonunionized competitors. "We have the best training and the best safety standards, period."

As evidence, he pointed to a 2012 report by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration showing six of the eight fatalities in New York City that year were on nonunion jobs.

Some of the recent serious accidents seem surprisingly mundane, underscoring the dangers inherent in construction work.

One worker died in December 2014 on a Lower East Side project after falling half a story from a ladder, while another died that month falling from scaffolding during an interior renovation in Times Square.

Another worker tumbled eight stories through a hole in scaffolding in April 2014 while repointing bricks on a West 55th Street hotel and died.

Other accidents can be unexpected, even freakish, as in March of this year, when a construction fence, meant to protect pedestrians from falling objects, came loose in the wind at the former St. Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village, which is being redeveloped as condominiums. It struck a woman and killed her.

And a large section of flooring collapsed during interior demolition of an apartment building in Brooklyn last year, injuring nine workers, though all survived.

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Fatal Construction Accidents Are Rising in New York

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"The more jobs we have, it either means fewer workers doing more work, or more new workers who may not have as much experience or training," said Richard Anderson, president of the New York Building Congress, a trade group representing contractors, developers and designers.

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This article goes through different technology that is on cat equipment.

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This article goes through different innovative technologies that are changing the construction industry

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Technology is helping to improve a number of different industries and the construction industry is no exception.

When equipped with the right technology, construction companies across the globe are able to work safely and more efficiently.

With better-built technology in mind, here are a number of tech gadgets and apps that are changing the construction landscape for the better:
Wearable Smart Sensors
Wearable technology is having a positive effect on the world of construction, especially in terms of jobsite safety.

A growing number of construction companies are now putting smart sensors in their workers' boots, wristwatches, hard hats, and other safety gear such as rooftop harnesses.

These wearable sensors are helping foreman better track the condition of workers on the jobsite. Hard hat sensors can alert foreman if an impact takes place and wristwatch sensors can monitor body temperatures and ensure workers aren't suffering from heat exhaustion.

Likewise, boot sensors can monitor how long workers have been on their feet and track the amount of time between breaks.

Harness sensors can monitor the number of workers on a structure and alert foreman if a sudden drop in height takes place.
Tool Tracking
Not only do misplaced power tools and hand tools cost construction companies millions each year, they can also become dangerous walking hazards if left in the wrong place.

As the following article looks at, along with the 5 high-tech gadgets to make construction easier are tool barcode readers.

Construction companies are outfitting their machinery, hand tools, and power tools with barcodes.

By scanning these barcodes with digital barcode readers at the beginning and end of each workday, construction companies are better able to track their equipment.
Drones
When it comes to surveying potential construction sites and monitoring active sites, drone technology is literally changing the construction landscape. Construction companies are hiring drone pilots to survey construction sites in both heavily congested and remote locations.

Additionally, construction site foreman are using drones to actively monitor their sites.

This makes it possible to not only monitor workers, but also quickly survey the progress of certain areas on the jobsite.
Tablets and Wi-Fi
Instead of carrying around rolls of blueprints and other jobsite paperwork, contractors and foreman are relying on the portability and versatility of tablets.

Tablets can store massive amounts of data that's accessible with the swipe of a finger.

Taking mobile technology a step further, construction companies are also equipping their jobsites with Wi-Fi connectivity.

Tablets in combination with Wi-Fi allow construction site foreman to upload and share documents as well as make edits in real time.
Mobile Apps
Construction apps allow foreman and contractors to get the most out of their gadgets. There are a number of construction-focused apps on the market, including CAD apps that make it possible to make blueprint changes in the moment.

There are also calculating apps that help construction managers better calculate supplies, including concrete volumes, roofing materials, and hardware amounts. These apps also help construction companies calculate estimates for future jobs.

From drones to sensors and every gadget in between, it's plain to see why construction sites across the world are focusing on technology.

Adam Groff is a freelance writer and creator of content. He writes on a variety of topics including the construction industry and technology.

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5 innovative technologies changing the construction sector in 2015

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Technology is helping to improve a number of different industries and the construction industry is no exception. When equipped with the right technology, construction companies across the globe are able to work safely and more efficiently.

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In this article the company jacks up sunken concrete with foam, they drill holes in the concrete then spray foam underneath which raises it.

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Concrete Jack | Foam Jacking | Williamsburg, VA

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Virginia's most experienced concrete lifting and concrete leveling contractors.

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this article is all about 10 construction projects that broke the banks and spiraled out of control due to many different problems that were encountered.

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10 Construction Projects That Broke the Bank

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These 10 construction projects were infamous for their cost or, in some cases, uselessness. Learn which 10 construction projects broke the bank.

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this article is interesting because it goes through 25 of the worlds most impressive construction projects.

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The World's 30 Most Impressive Megaprojects

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The biggest and boldest projects on the planet.

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In this articles it goes through 15 green building techniques.

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With the constantly changing environment around us, it's important to be environmentally aware and active. It's even more important when you consider how much money you can save by building a green home. The methods and ways you can go about changing your home from an emission-producing powerhouse into more of a greenhouse are easy and simple concepts. Everything you can think of in order to save energy can be implemented in creating a green space for you and your family.

Being aware of energy saving benefits, making the switch from waste producing products to more environmentally friendly products like the best tankless water heater, and much more. By creating and managing a green home for you and your family to live in, not only will you be engaging in a positive atmosphere - but also you'll be passing on the lessons and importance of surrounding environmental issues to the rest of your family. While in the long run, going green will save you lots of money, the initial renovations needed to go green can sometimes be costly. Consider obtaining a home equity line of credit to finance your green home endeavors.

Some Cost Effective Benefits of Going Green in Your Day-To-Day Life

In order to have a productive green home, you need to be able to cut costs when required. This means using less electricity and trying to eliminate the products that have a negative impact on the environment. Although it's obvious that there are many cost-effective ways to go green, some of them are often forgotten. Here are some of the top reasons why you should choose to go green in your household for the sake of your budget.

You can eliminate the stress that comes with paying high monthly bills.

Saving money for other things like trips, special occasions and outings.

Reducing your carbon footprint.

Encouraging others in your family to save energy by eliminating the use of certain things during high peak or mid peak hours (on par with what your energy company has outlined).

You can put the money you saved to good use, no matter what it is.

15 Green Home Building Ideas

1. Location Location, Location: While buying property for yourself, take a note of couple of things that you must foresee before moving in. Firstly, avoid building west facing home. This will keep your home cool as it minimizes sun exposure. Secondly, avoid building home in environmentally sensitive locations such as earthquake or hurricane or flood prone areas. Thirdly, check if public transportation is easily available and local grocery shop is not that far away. This will help you avoid taking your own vehicle every time and will reduce your travel time.

2. Smaller is Better: A small home built with eco friendly techniques is going to have smaller environmental impact as against a large home. A house that is too large is likely to cost more to heat and cool. Try to keep the place manageable and cost effective. If you are planning to extend your family and bring in few relatives, you need to put proper resources and accommodation in place.

3. Energy Efficient Equipment: ENERGY STAR label on a piece of equipment states that particular product has been deemed as energy efficient by the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA). ENERGY STAR is becoming well known label and consumers today choose energy star appliances for their homes. These appliances offer significant cost and energy savings without compromising performance.

4. Proper Insulation: Insulation is one of the most important ting that you need to consider while building a green home. Heating and cooling account for 50% of your home's energy consumption. Air leaks such as around windows, door and duct work is responsible for building's heat loss. Don't let heating and cooling of your interior spaces air go waste through improper insulation. Proper insulation will not only reduce your energy consumption but will bring down your electricity bills substantially.

5. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Reduce your need for buying new products that are not environment friendly. Reuse your old material such as wood floors, doors, windows in your next home. Recycled materials such as recycled glass, aluminium, recycled tile, reclaimed lumber, recycled plastic can be used in green home building.

6. Use Sustainable Building Materials: If building a green home is your goal, then using environmentally or eco-friendly products should be on your list which can reduce the impact of construction on the environment. Each and every part of your house such as roofing material, building material, cabinets, counters and insulation to your flooring should be environmentally friendly. Use products such as reclaimed lumber, recycled plastic, recycled glass or natural products such as bamboo, cork and linoleum which are made of natural, renewable materials.

7. Install Solar Panels: Solar energy is clean and renewable source of energy. Solar panels are an emerging and hot technology for people who want to utilize the natural power all around us, the sun. Solar panels may be expensive at first, but the long-term savings you can put into your pocket is a stunning example of the benefits of turning your life from black to green. The location of your house and the way you have constructed solar panels can determine how much power you can collect. By taking advantage of solar power you can bring down your energy consumption and supply excess energy, if any, to your utility company. Also, government grants, incentives and tax breaks are huge bonus to those who want to use solar power in their home.

8. Energy Star Windows: Energy efficient windows labeled as ENERGY STAR windows are new player in window market and are much more energy efficient than normal windows. The ratings for these windows determine how energy efficient they will be. The lower the rating, the more energy efficient are your windows. The energy savings provided by these windows are enough to cover the added cost per window.

9. Rainwater Harvesting Systems and Tankless Water Heaters: Install a rainwater harvesting system while building your green home to collect rainwater from roofs and then storing it in a tank. The collected water can then be used for other purposes such as toilets and sprinkler systems. Rain barrels are one of the most common methods of rainwater harvesting being used today.

With tankless water heaters, you need not wait for the water to get heated. Tankless water heaters heat only that much water that is needed as it is passed through electric coil. This gives you twin benefits. Firstly, it eliminates excess energy costs as it heats up only that much amount of water that is needed and secondly, you can get ample storage place by eliminating the hot water tank.

10. Eco-Friendly Lighting: Both LED and CFL cost more upfront but use less energy and last longer than traditional incandescent bulbs. Since they offer significant cost savings in the long run, they can be ideal for your new green home.

11. Water Conserving Fixtures: Low flow faucets, toilets, showerheads are few of the ways that you can use while building a green home to conserve water. They can cut down on your water bills cost and make your home much more environment friendly. Apart from that, consider buying washing machines and dishwashers that give you same kind of cleaning and can save water and energy.

12. Programmable Thermostat: We all know that almost 50% of our energy consumption goes towards heating and cooling of our home. The simplest way to cut down this cost and reduce electricity bill is to install programmable thermostat. Your HVAC system will work when the thermostat reaches the designated temperature. Also, a slight 3-5 % of your energy bill can be saved if you can set your thermostat 1 degree down in the winter and up by 1 degree in the summer.

13. HVAC System: Buy a high efficiency, Energy Star rated HVAC system based on the design and construction of your house that will help you save energy and money. A HVAC system needs to be properly installed so that it could perform up to its full potential. Make sure ducts are short, straight and air tight. The ducts need to be professionally tested with the goal of under 10% leakage.

14. Efficient Landscaping: Shady landscaping can protect your home from direct sunlight during the summer and allows more sunlight to reach your home through windows during the winter. Planting trees on southern and western side of your home can keep your home cooler as they will block sunlight from falling directly on your home and during the winter, when trees lose their leaves, they will allow more sunlight to reach your home.

15. Harness Geothermal Energy: Geothermal energy is known as energy from the earth. Geothermal energy requires more upfront investment but provide unlimited energy to heat and cool your home. During the winter season, geothermal heat pump uses the earth loop to extract heat from deep underground to your home's HVAC system; in the summer season, heat is extracted from the air and moved back into the earth through loop system.

How To Become Greener In Your Household

Some people think that going green can be a costly or difficult venture. However, there are so many different methods that people choose to go with that can help you save both the money and the effort that goes into making an extensive green energy plan for your home. Some of these methods are often forgotten by people who make green energy plans because they are just so simple and overlooked. These methods are:

Turning off any lights or appliances when you don't use them.

Remembering that even when you're not using something and it's plugged in, it's still eating away at potentially saved energy (this includes things like laptops, cellphone chargers, essentially everything you can think of that is plugged in).

Buying only recyclable containers and reusing plastics for food storage.

Creating a family energy plan that everyone can plan their daily routine by.

Having safe and environmentally friendly alternatives for things like entertainment. Eliminating the extensive use of the television or the Internet is also a great way to get the family more involved with one another. Plan family game nights and other fun ways to spend your time together.

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Amazing Tree Cutting Machine Compilation

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STIHL chainsaws and crane used to take down huge dead White Fir tree in Forest Falls CA

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Tree crew uses STIHL chainsaws to take down a dead 230 year old White Fir tree in Forest Falls CA

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Strategic Construction Bidding Best Practices

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Strategic Bidding and Estimating Profitable Job

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Construction BIM Forum Vilnius 2015 record Construction management, planning Project examples (OP-Pohjola central Office). BIM integrated workflow, planning, management using Trimble Tekla and VICO technologies.

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Underwater Welding

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Underwater Welding Nuclear Power Plant (NEDCON Intl.)

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Safety is Important

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OSHA Safety Training Video, covering the history of workplace safety and modern safety training practices

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Some things not to do in construction.

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Time lapse of residential home.

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Time lapse of home constructed start to finish

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CM disaster.

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Voice of the Landscaping and Construction Industry

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Pool Demolition & Landscaping is Piece of Cake

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Landscape, Construction Management Disaster turns Into a Mud/ LandSlide

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This landscaping/Construction site was one Hot mess-that was only getting worse. Watch how a completed Job, gets changed, and then falls apart. FIND MY LATEST PROJECTS ON: InstaGram https://www.instagram.com/stanley_dirtmonkey_genadek/ DirtmonkeyUniversity.com and DirtMonkeyU.com Like us on Facebook at : https://www.facebook.com/dirtmonkeyuniversity/ Find me on Periscope for Live broadcasts!

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A day in the life of a project manager

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A Day in the Life: Construction Project Management

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CM is all about time, cost and quality.

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Another cool trade in the construction industry.

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Plumbing, Heating and AC is what i have worked doing the past couple summers.

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Over the summer i had the opportunity to work with a guy from Wic enterprises for a day coring concrete and it was cool seeing all of the drills and equipment that goes into it.

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Bridge construction is really interesting seeing everything that goes into building bridges.

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Someday i would like to learn how to build and live in a log cabin.

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When i was a kid i was always playing with Lincoln Logs and that got me interested in building.

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this is a cool picture seeing what can be done with today's technology.

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I had the opportunity to run this same excavator, and being in construction hopefully i get the opportunity to run more equipment.

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I chose this picture because I worked for a contractor in high school building houses and that is what sparked my interest in construction.