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Gallery G4 · Building & Construction

Stone, Timber, Steel

This is the vertical-push room. Masonry walls carried buildings until the steel frame, the elevator and the curtain wall let them rise. Here are the riveted column, the joinery bench, a curtain-wall unit and the Monadnock wall section; and the panels that ask why cities go up: land, access, technology, rules, money and people who can build.

1,500 sq ft planned · anchor: Riveted column; joinery bench; curtain-wall unit · 33 panels · 6 objects

Anchor objects & demos6

Riveted steel column
VTCWQB · c. 1890

Riveted steel column

A riveted column section from the early steel-frame era.

Joinery bench
VTNC92 · traditional

Joinery bench

Mortise and tenon, dovetail and lap joints to cut and fit.

Curtain-wall unit
VTWPXF · contemporary

Curtain-wall unit

A full-height unitised curtain-wall panel: glass, mullions, anchors, seals.

Masonry wall section
VT58DY · 1891 reference

Masonry wall section

A cut section showing the base thickness a 16-story load-bearing wall required.

Zoning blocks
VT62QM · 1916 / 1961

Zoning blocks

Stack the same floor area under three zoning codes and see three skylines.

Trench sand table
VTRGU4 · contemporary

Trench sand table

Pour the sand, watch the wall fail, set the trench box, pour again.

On the walls · C · The Vertical Push10

QR PUQZMM
landscape · PUQZMM

Curtain Wall

QR YGKKHV
landscape · YGKKHV

Elevator: the Vertical Railway

Elevator Mechanic (pre-apprentice)
QR RFAGYA
landscape · RFAGYA

Land Price vs Height

QR KHWKD9
landscape · KHWKD9

Steel Frame 1885

QR 4YJWRD
landscape · 4YJWRD

The 3 a.m. Concrete Pour

Construction (general)
QR 82244Q
portrait · 82244Q

Tower Cranes

Heavy Equipment Operation
QR 7T9F74
portrait · 7T9F74

Who Builds a Tower (trades by floor)

QR 8J5XNJ
landscape · 8J5XNJ

Why Cities Go Up

QR SWRYZY
landscape · SWRYZY

Wind, Load, Sway

QR DTMP4B
landscape · DTMP4B

Zoning and the Wedding Cake

Construction Management / Estimating

On the walls · H · Safety2

QR YU7Q6A
landscape · YU7Q6A

Fall Protection

Roofing
QR AGBYCW
landscape · AGBYCW

Trench Collapse

Heavy Equipment Operation

On the walls · K · The Credentials21

QR CF4CMM
portrait · CF4CMM

ASHI ACI

Home & Building Inspection
QR FFZDRX
portrait · FFZDRX

CMAA CMIT

Construction Management / Estimating
QR 2GPQ5G
portrait · 2GPQ5G

InterNACHI CPI

Home & Building Inspection
QR EF8ZUU
portrait · EF8ZUU

IREM CPM

Real Estate & Property Management
QR 89267H
portrait · 89267H

NAEC CET

Elevator Mechanic (pre-apprentice)
QR QS5948
portrait · QS5948

NCCCO Crane

Heavy Equipment Operation
QR XY8U75
portrait · XY8U75

NCCER Carpentry L1-4

Carpentry
QR 6NXAUU
portrait · 6NXAUU

NCCER Construction Technology

Construction (general)
QR DNZ64W
portrait · DNZ64W

NCCER Core

Construction (general)
QR QX4TU8
portrait · QX4TU8

NCCER Drywall

Drywall / Painting / Finishing
QR 7UMDGQ
portrait · 7UMDGQ

NCCER Heavy Equipment L1-3

Heavy Equipment Operation
QR 3QHFH5
portrait · 3QHFH5

NCCER Masonry L1-3

Masonry
QR 6W4TFH
portrait · 6W4TFH

NCCER Painting

Drywall / Painting / Finishing
QR XPF6MN
portrait · XPF6MN

NCCER Project Management

Construction Management / Estimating
QR A4KQMP
portrait · A4KQMP

NCCER Roofing

Roofing
QR YPPBRY
portrait · YPPBRY

NEIEP/IUEC Apprenticeship Entry

Elevator Mechanic (pre-apprentice)
QR D9YX87
portrait · D9YX87

OSHA 10

Construction (general)
QR JUBDAA
portrait · JUBDAA

OSHA 30

Construction Management / Estimating
QR XV6HG6
portrait · XV6HG6

OSHA Fall Protection

Roofing
QR T4P8KB
portrait · T4P8KB

State Home Inspector License

Home & Building Inspection
QR 93S7YK
portrait · 93S7YK

State RE Salesperson License

Real Estate & Property Management
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