"Construction Facts" features the world's largest structures--tallest buildings, longest bridges and tunnels, and largest dams--with lists of the largest construction projects in the world, and a section on construction disasters. It also includes a section on notable people, market and labor statistics, a directory of professional organizations, unions, and engineering schools, and more (see Details). Photographs are not included; however, this version is jam-packed with information that lives well beyond its original publication date. This 79-page issue contains the following: Construction Records Tallest Buildings in the World Largest Building by Volume Largest Building by Floor Area World's Longest Bridge of Any Type World's Longest Suspension Bridges World's Longest Cable-Stayed Bridges World's Longest Cantilever Bridges World's Longest Segmental Concrete Bridges World's Longest Cantilever Bridges World's Longest Segmental Concrete Bridges World's Largest Capacity Reservoirs World's Tallest Dams World's Longest Water Tunnels World's Longest Railway Tunnels World's Longest Vehicular Tunnels Largest Continuous Concrete Pour in the World Largest Continuous Concrete Pour in the United States Projects World's Largest Projects and Programs Construction Disasters Deadliest Construction Projects Since 1900 Major Construction Accidents Since 900 Major Bridge Failures Roof Collapses Dam Breaks and Overtoppings Economics Construction Put-in-Place Federal Construction Budget Contract Awards Relative Sizes of Major Industries ENR Cost Indexes Building materials Prices Labor Costs Compensation Employment and Unemployment Equipment Sales NOTABLE PEOPLE: World's Construction Leaders of the Past 50 Years 51 construction industry leaders selected by the editors of Engineering News-Record in 1999 as part of the magazine's 125th anniversary celebration. They were chosen for their notable contributions to the construction industry whose main work fell within the past 50 years. (name, year of birth/death, descriptive paragraph of person and project) ENR's Award of Excellence Winners Past Winners of ENR's Award of Excellence -1966-2003 (name, project) Sources of Information - Major Professional Organizations (organization, address, telephone, fax, website) - Unions (agency, address, telephone, fax, website) - Government Agencies-U.S. (agency, address, telephone, website) - Departments of Transportation (organization, address, telephone, fax, website) - International Organizations (organization, address, telephone, fax, website, email) - Consulting and Forecasting Firms (organization, address, telephone, fax, email, website) Education Programs -Dirctory of Civil Engineering and Construction Schools (school, department,program, telephone, website, city, state - Training Programs -- Directory of Union and Non-Union Training Programs (craft, basics, contact information) Definitions Project Delivery Methods Viewpoint "When in Writing, Safety Is Serious," by Theodore A. Christensen (magazine article) |