Construction

Construction is a general term meaning the art and science to form objects, systems, or organizations, and comes from Latin constructio (from com- "together" and struere "to pile up") via the Old French construction. To construct is the verb: the act of building, and the noun is construction: how something is built, the nature of its structure.

In its most widely used context, construction covers the processes involved in delivering buildings, infrastructure, industrial facilities, and associated activities through to the end of their life. It typically starts with planning, financing, and desi
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Chapel Bend (Huckleberry Bay, #3)
Construction Site: Farming Strong, All Year Long (Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site)
Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen
Until May (Until Her/Him, #11)
The Digger and the Duckling: A Gentle Picture Book About Found Family and Environmental Care for Kids (Ages 4-8)
Someone Builds the Dream
Construction Site: Road Crew Coming Through! (Goodnight Construction Site)
Hard Hat Hank and the Sky-High Solution
Not-a-Box City
Built to Last (Park Avenue Promise, #3)
On the Other Side of the Forest
Red Truck, Yellow Truck
Sal Boat: (A Boat by Sal)
Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment
A Girl Can Build Anything
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Construction
Demolition (Construction Crew)
Tip Tip Dig Dig
The Digger and the Flower: An Inspiring Picture Book About Rebirth and Change in the City for Kids (Ages 4-8)
Mighty, Mighty Construction Site
Roadwork
Building Our House
Bulldozer's Big Day (The Bulldozer Books)
Someone Builds the Dream
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Little Excavator
Machines at Work
Dig, Dogs, Dig: A Construction Tail
The Construction Crew: A Picture Book
Historic American Covered Bridges by Brian J. McKeeThe Bridge by Peter J. TomasiThe Great Bridge by David McCulloughThe New River Gorge Bridge by Cristina OpdahlKnox County Bridges by Donald Edgar Boyd
Histories of Bridges (nonfiction)
32 books — 6 voters
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesClean Sweep by Ilona AndrewsSweep in Peace by Ilona AndrewsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingPiranesi by Susanna Clarke
Sentient Houses
169 books — 70 voters

Strays by Garrett LeighWho We Are by Nicola HakenArrows Through Archer by Nash SummersBetween These Sheets by Devon McCormackSpun! by J.L. Merrow
M/M Blue Collar Books 2017
20 books — 7 voters
Simply Irresistible by Jill ShalvisThe House on Blackberry Hill by Donna AlwardLove in a Snow Storm by Zoe YorkSummer at Willow Lake by Susan WiggsHer McKnight in Shining Armor by Teresa Southwick
Contractors in Romance Novels
65 books — 16 voters


Criss Jami
Create with the heart; build with the mind.
Criss Jami, Killosophy

Pierce Brown
Mustang...' I rest my hand on her wrist. Despite her strength, it's frail in my hands. Frail as the other girl's was when I held her in the deepmines. I couldn't help that girl. And now I feel like I can't help this woman. Would that my hands were meant to build. I would know what to say. What to do. Maybe in another life I would have been that man. In this one, my words, like my hands, are clumsy. All they can do is cut. All they can do is break. ...more
Pierce Brown, Golden Son

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