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Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Many professionals work together to create a house, long before it becomes a home. Explore the careers of an architect, general contractor and interior designer and other related professionals. Learn how their combined knowledge turns the idea of a house into a reality. See what each job entails-from planning to meeting with clients, to solving problems and completing a project. Discover the role business skills play and the type of education required....
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Environmentally Sustainable Construction is a philosophy for designing and constructing homes and communities. By incorporating these principles, architects, designers, builders and tradesmen can create a living environment that is truly sustainable. Each chapter in the DVD is devoted to separate concepts that combine to contribute to the overall philosophy.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
On a rainy August morning in 2018, a massive section of the Polcevera Bridge in Genoa, Italy, collapsed and killed 43 people, despite having withstood fifty years of traffic. All over American and Europe, thousands of bridges are listed as structurally deficient -- how can new technologies and engineering improvements make bridges safer?
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The six-part series follows some of the world's most extraordinary railway journeys from above and on the ground, taking the audience on an adventure of a lifetime. We fly above spectacular scenery and explore exceptional engineering; meeting the people who maintain and run these incredible railroads as well as those who live alongside them.
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Bob and his team need to finish building the Bobland Bay promenade in time for the grand opening. Bob is going to need a lot of help to build this new town, so get ready to hit the beach with two new members of the Can-Do Crew. Bristle is a new street-sweeper and Splasher is an amphibious car.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In his dreams, Tad is a celebrity archeologist and adventurer just like his hero Max Mordon. In reality, Tad is a Chicago construction worker. One day, however, he is mistaken for a real Professor and takes his place on a flight to Peru in search of the Lost City of Paititi. Professor Lavrof and his beautiful daughter Sara are waiting for the famous professor to crack the code. Unfortunately for Tad, Sara is engaged to real-life hero Max Mordon, but...
49) Aftermath
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Thomas Fiorini is a successful developer and an upstanding member of the community. Unfortunately, the good times come to a screeching halt as Matt and Tony start to vie for top position in the boss's construction company hierarchy and tensions flare. After a violent altercation with Tony, Matt mysteriously disappears and Tom's suspicions force him to fire Tony.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Foreman Balla is the self-proclaimed king of a massive construction site. His co-workers stick close to him, like musketeers, as long as he makes sure they are paid. But things stop running smoothly when materials get scarce and two newcomers arrive on the site: Kati, a young engineer, and Werner Horrath, the new Party Secretary. Balla's swaggering, reminiscent of Hollywood gunslingers, melts away as he realizes he is in love with Kati. Arguably the...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
How did the Egyptians engineer the Great Pyramid of Giza so precisely, and who were the thousands of laborers who raised the stones? New archaeological evidence, including a logbook of a labor team leader, provides new insights into these age-old questions. NOVA delves into these construction secrets to trace how mobilizing labor and resources on such a massive scale transformed ancient Egypt.
58) Bob's big plan
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Bob enters a contest to see whose plans for a new town development will be used. Bob has the winning design and he and his entire crew are about to build a whole new town from the ground up. Before he breaks ground on his newest project, find out how Bob and the gang all began.
59) Here to help
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Having fun is getting it done, especially when Bob the Builder and his best friends are here to help! Watch and learn as Bob rescues his pal Scruffy, repairs an old theater, builds a stage, and throws a surprise birthday party for his best friend Wendy. Get the help you need from Bob the Builder in these heartwarming tales of teamwork and adventure. Special features included.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"How did the Imagineers create a realistic looking snow-capped mountain in Florida for Animal Kingdom's Expedition Everest? They started with a design process and models. Using real theme park rides and attractions, like Radiator Springs Racers and Toy Story Midway Mania, students will see how design and models are used to put things together and make them function. They will learn the steps of the engineering design process as well as how both physical...
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