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Construction

Construction. Construction: The process of building, erecting or constructing buildings, roads, or other structures. Types Residential Commercial Industrial Public Works. Residential.

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Construction

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  1. Construction • Construction: The process of building, erecting or constructing buildings, roads, or other structures. • Types • Residential • Commercial • Industrial • Public Works

  2. Residential • Buildings are dwellings that people live in. These buildings can be single-family or multifamily dwellings such as mobile homes, apartments, condominiums, or personal homes.

  3. Residential • Multifamily units include duplexes and townhouses. A duplex is two apartments together under one roof. A townhouse is a two story single unit but usually is arranged beside other similar units. Townhouses are also referred to as row houses.

  4. Commercial • Structures that are used for business or government purposes. Materials and techniques used in commercial construction are different from those used in residential construction.

  5. Commercial • For example, building codes may require steel framing for public-use buildings to reduce fire risks. However, single family dwellings may only require wood frames due to the reduced wear and tear on the structure and the cost effectiveness.

  6. Commercial • Architects, structural engineers and sometimes civil engineers work on the design and construction of these sorts of structures.

  7. Industrial • Industrial – structures are designed and constructed to specifications that meet the requirements of the processes conducted by the particular industry.

  8. Industrial • For example, a foundry must have a large open space for gantry cranes and extremely huge exhaust systems. Concrete floors must be poured much thicker than in residential or standard commercial structures.

  9. Public Works • Public Works-consist of structures intended for public use such as roadways, bridges, utilities, water, sewage, etc. These are the sorts of projects that civil engineers and structural engineers will work on.

  10. Engineered Wood • have been developed to help make the best use of our wood supply. For example, plywood, particle board, wafer board, and oriented strand board (OSB) are engineered wood panels made by mixing woods from small, crooked trees that would otherwise be unprofitable to harvest.”

  11. Structural Materials • Those materials used to support heavy loads or to hold the structure rigid.

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