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Building Inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Roofer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Plumbers and Pipefitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
HVAC Technician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Electronic Home-Entertainment Equipment Technician . . . . 444
Insulation Installer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Painter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Landscape Architect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
Mortgage Loan Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Electronics Technician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
Remodeling Contractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516
Construction Equipment Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
Welder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
Transportation Planner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554
Crane Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
The Job Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596
Technology Links
Manufactured Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Importance of Transportation in the Development
of Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
911 Emergency System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
The Relationship between Transportation and
Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Truck Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Manufacturing: Portland Cement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Manufacturing: Pipe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Transporting Logs from the Forest to the Mill . . . . . . . . . . 165
Manufacturing: Float Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Energy and Power: Energy Efficiency in Buildings . . . . . . . 200
Construction Materials Selected and Life-Cycle Costs. . . . . . 214
Communication Devices Used in Construction . . . . . . . . . 240
Transportation: Getting Materials to the Job Site . . . . . . . . . 252
Computer-Aided Scheduling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Lasers Used in Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Manufacturing: Development of the Crawler Tractor . . . . . . 301
Manufacturing and Transportation: Transit-Mix Trucks. . . . . 317
Manufacturing: Structural Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Light Gage Steel Framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Transportation: Moving Natural Gas through Pipelines . . . . 423
Solar Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
The Automated Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Manufacturing: Fiberglass Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Agriculture: Sod Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Manufacturing: Water Wasted by Leaking Faucets . . . . . . . 513
Elevator Service Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580
US Natural Gas and Petroleum Pipelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590