From the course: Construction Technology: Industry Snapshot
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The history of construction science
From the course: Construction Technology: Industry Snapshot
The history of construction science
- Construction science. The world's oldest profession. Now, you know the old joke about the world's oldest profession but I argue they had to have a building to do it in. We really are one of the most incredible industries in the planet earth. From the dawn of time, humanity has sought cover, protection, really, we're in the human comfort industry in construction science. We make people more comfortable, we make their lives better, we make it easy for them to move, we make it easy for them to live. Construction science, as I define it, is the materials, tools, and methods to build vertical, horizontal, and underground structures and it's an old, old industry. Let's just go through a few projects that I think are notable in the history of construction science and the impact that it had on today and the technology they used at the time. The Pyramids at Giza, delivered to their owner in the year 2560 BC. Now, there were two crews of about 100 thousand very non, non-union workers that…
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