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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Highlights the schooling, job training, and life on the job for brick masons. Additional features include a Fast Facts spread, critical-thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, resources for further study, a selected bibliography, an introduction to the author, and an index."
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Construction equipment has long been a favorite of little readers and D is for Dump Truck takes children on an A to Z exploration of a fun backyard construction site. With bouncy poems for each letter and a glossary in the back, this book brings the thrill of construction up close and personal.
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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 one from MIT nerds to Army Corps engineers has 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 day's work involves countless variables bricks that range in size and...
7) Rock bottom
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"Isabelle "Izzy" Flanders and Yoko Akia are beginning a new project--an indoor/outdoor café that will be the cornerstone of a market village. Izzy knows just where to get the project off the ground: her old college classmate, Zoe Danfield, now vice president of a huge construction corporation. But the Zoe that Izzy reencounters doesn't seem like her old, confident friend. This Zoe is tense and stressed, and Izzy eventually learns why. Buildings and...
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"A career in green construction is the perfect choice for those who care about the environment, who like to build and repair things, who enjoy a constantly-changing and rewarding work environment, and who want the opportunity to make a good living without earning a four-year degree. In this book, you'll learn about more than a dozen green construction specialties, typical education paths, the traits you'll need to be a successful green construction...
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Talk with your Spanish-speaking employees—no prior knowledge of Spanish needed!
Perfect Phrases in Spanish for Construction gives you more than 500 vital words and phrases specific to working on commercial and residential job sites, with translations spelled out phonetically so you can say what you need to say immediately.
Space the wall studs sixteen inches apart.Clave los montantes a una distancia de dieciséis
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University of Illinois Press
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English
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"The construction trades once provided unionized craftsmen a route to the middle class and a sense of pride and dignity often denied other blue-collar workers. Today, union members still earn wages and benefits that compare favorably to those of college graduates. But as union strength has declined over the last fifty years, a growing non-union sector offers lower compensation and more hazardous conditions, undermining the earlier tradition of upward...
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Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"The only series of step-by-step guides to succeeding in the skilled trades and achieving the American dream. At Your Best as a Carpenter is your playbook for learning if a career as a carpenter is right for you, progressing from pre-apprentice to journeyman to master carpenter, and launching your own small business. Learn: What does a career as a carpenter look like? Why should you consider becoming a carpenter? How do you become a successful craftsman...
12) Justice falling
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Falling volume 3
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Waterhouse Press
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English
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Camille "Cami" Johnston has done whatever it takes to survive in New York City. Little does she know a full-time position at Jensen Construction will do more than pay the bills.... Known ladies' man Nathaniel "Nate" Walker, successful lawyer and business owner, knows exactly how to get what he wants, when he wants it, in and out of the courtroom... until he meets Cami. But once the sparks fly between the cheeky lawyer and his precious Camille, the...
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Building a toolbox in a high school metal shop can lead to building skyscrapers as a construction manager, with some heavy-duty training (and resume building) along the way. In this book, readers are introduced to the physical, mental, and scholastic requirements for a job in the construction industry and are shown various paths into the industry via technical schooling, engineering, project management, apprenticeship, and other steps. Whether they...
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The construction industry is plagued by low bid procurement norms, tight margins, and cutthroat competition. Yet a rare group of elite contractors consistently achieve double and even triple the net profit margins of their peers. What's their secret? After fifteen years advising hundreds of contractors, author Chad Prinkey reveals the formula for success in this step-by-step guide.
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This incisive, practical guide provides a thorough breakdown of the ins and outs everyone needs to know when turning contracting skills into a business. From summoning the motivation to start your own business to the intricacies of being your own boss, Claudiu Fatu artfully turns his personal experiences and those of other successful contractors into advice on every aspect of building a business. The chapters focus on:
Developing a business structure,...
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First Second
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Marmalade, a trained architect who also happens to be an adorable kitten, finds allies in other construction-trade cats when her plans for the new mayor's mansion are rejected by the city planner"--OCLC.
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With The E-Myth Contractor, Michael E. Gerber launches a series of books that apply the E-Myth to specific types of small businesses. The first is aimed at contractors. This book reveals a radical new mind-set that will free contractors from the tyranny of an unprofitable, unproductive routine. With specific tips on topics as crucial as planning, money and personnel management, The E-Myth Contractor teaches readers how to:
• Implement the ingenious...
19) Hot Texas nights
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Texas Cattleman's Club: Houston volume 1
Harlequin desire volume 2647
Texas Cattleman's Club Houston volume 1
Harlequin desire volume 2647
Texas Cattleman's Club Houston volume 1
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English
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"And just like that, Aria Jensen reunites with her longtime friend, commitment-shy Ethan Barringer. They're working together on the new Texas Cattleman's Club in Houston. Why not leave the friend zone and have a little fun? But their no-strings fling deepens when Ethan steps in as her fake fiancé ... to keep her father from forcing her to marry! Will Aria gamble her heart in this high-stakes game?"--Back cover.
20) Apprenticeships
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"Did you know that: apprentices are paid to learn, apprenticeship can lead to high-paying job opportunities, there are hundreds of apprenticeship training programs to pick from, with more becoming available every single year, apprentices don't just work on construction sites. You can find them in banks, insurance companies, at educational institutions, in the Army, and even at Amazon. Discover what apprenticeships are, how you can get into the training...