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Construction: From Creating Early Shelters to Building a Sustainable Future

by Sarah Eason

Construction through the ages—and toward a sustainable future

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Construction through the ages—and toward a sustainable future

Sarah Eason’s overview traces how construction engineering has changed alongside the materials and technologies people use to build. Moving from early shelters and mud and stone to timber, steel, pyramids, and skyscrapers, it connects structures across human history with the engineering discoveries behind them. The book also looks ahead to possible transformations in construction, including modern sustainable building, before turning to careers in the field. That combination gives the subject a historical arc and a practical closing section about how young people might take part in its future.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens interested in engineering, technology, or how buildings are made.
  • Young readers curious about construction across different periods of human history.
  • Those exploring careers connected to construction engineering.

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Construction engineering through historyBuilding materials and technologySustainable buildingConstruction engineering careers

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Book overview

Today, engineers are creating ever-evolving technology to help us build not just bigger, but better.

This book explores the engineering evolution in construction, from past to present, and the potential engineering transformations of the future. It uncovers how great engineering minds through the ages have invented technology to help us build the structures we need and desire, from simple homes through magnificent pyramids and towering skyscrapers.

Explore the story of construction from earliest shelters through modern sustainable building and from mud and stone through timber and steel. The evolution in construction engineering at each stage in human history reveals how modern engineering has often been inspired by past discoveries.

The book concludes by showing readers the many exciting careers available in construction engineering, and how they can join its evolution to become the engineering greats of the future.

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