Outline of construction
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to construction:
Construction – process of building or assembling infrastructure. A complex activity, large scale construction involves extensive multitasking. Normally, a job is managed by a project manager, and supervised by a construction manager, design engineer, construction engineer or project architect.
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Essence of construction
- Building
- House
- Nonbuilding structures including infrastructure
Types of construction
- Building construction
- Home construction
- High-rise construction
- Industrial construction
- Factories
- Refineries
- etc.
- Heavy/Road construction
History of construction
- History of architecture
- History of the civil engineering profession
- History of the science of civil engineering
- History of structural engineering
- Vernacular architecture
General construction concepts
A prefabricated house being assembled.
- Architecture
- Architectural engineering
- Blueprint
- Building code
- Building material
- Civil engineering
- Construction and demolition waste
- Construction bidding
- Construction engineering
- Construction loan
- Construction management
- Construction site safety
- Construction worker
- Deconstruction (building)
- Design-bid-build
- Design-build
- Fire safety
- Occupancy
- Occupational safety
- Prefabricated buildings
- Project management
- Real estate (the product of most construction)
- Tools
- Zoning
Components of a building
- Appliances
- Escalator
- Electrical wiring
- Elevator
- Fireplace
- Floor
- Foundation
- Light fixtures
- Plumbing
- Roof
- Stairs
- Walls
