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Find out how the world's largest construction projects are designed and built.

Tour the world's most amazing skyscrapers, hear their little known history and meet courageous creators through film footage and dramatic recreations.

Text and illustartions explore the role civil engineers play in roads, buildings, and foundations, and includes vocational guidance for working in the field.

Discusses the design and construction of skyscrapers and describes specific examples.

Follows, in simple text and illustrations, the building of a skyscraper step by step.

This fictional account of the dismantling and removal of the Empire State Building describes the structure of a skyscraper and explains how such an edifice would be demolished.

Describes the building of Norwest Center, a fifty-seven story skyscraper in Minneapolis.

Helps children understand what it takes to build a skyscraper, describing the materials that are used and the people involved in the construction process.

Explains how skyscrapers are built, from the preliminary designs through the floor by floor construction to the final building.

Describes how skyscrapers are different from towers and how both are constructed.

Diagrams, illustrations, and photos show the different stages involved in building a skyscraper.

Examines the building of structures, how to protect those structures, and the equipment that is used in construction of buildings and bridges.

"Engaging images accompany information about skyscraper builders.

Examines the development and building of skyscrapers though history.

Narrative text and photographs examines Native American history and the development of structural engineering and architecture, focusing on Mohawk ironworkers.