Invites readers to watch workers dig, pour, pound, and bolt a skyscraper into existence.

Gives readers information on new tools, materials and techniques for hassle-free drywall installation.

Describes how the surveyor, heavy machinery operators, carpenter crew, plumbers, and other workers build a house.

"Diggers, dump trucks, rollers, and more -- it takes a lot of big, noisy machines to build a school! Every young child who has ever gawked at a building site will gravitate to this exciting new entry in the kid-pleasing Construction Crew series. Wham-a-hammer, bam-a-slamma! The construction crew is back -- but what are they building this time?"--provided by publisher.

The doggy construction crew returns for an ambitious development project involving the demolition of a old building and the construction of a new high rise with a shiny pet-house apartment on top (Publisher).

"Making Simple Robots is based on the idea that anybody can build a robot! That includes kids, educators, parents, and anyone who didn't make it to engineering school. If you can cut, fold, and tape a piece of paper to make a tube or a box, you can build a no-tech robotic part. In fact, many of the models in this book are based upon real-life prototypes -- working models created in research labs and companies. What's more, if you can use the apps...

Humans have landed men on the moon, programmed cars to drive themselves, and put the knowledge of our entire civilization in your back pocket. But no onefrom MIT nerds to Army Corps engineershas ever built a robot that can lay bricks as well as a mason. Unlike the controlled conditions of a factory line, where robots are now ubiquitous, no two construction sites are alike, and a days work involves countless variablesbricks that range in size and quality,...