Description:This second issue of ENR's "Construction Facts" features new records - the largest pieces of construction equipment, the tallest building ever moved and some of the projects with the largest workforces in history. Also featured are descriptions of five of construction's dream projects (such as the Bering Strait Bridge) which stretch the limits of present engineering ability. It also includes a section on notable people, market and labor statistics, a directory of professional organizations, unions, and more (see Details). Photographs are not included; however, this version is jam-packed with information that lives well beyond its original publication date. This 64-page issue contains the following:
Equipment Records
World's Largest Bulldozer
World's Largest Truck
World's Largest Hydraulic Excavator
World's Largest Cable Shovel
World's Largest Wheel Loader
World's Largest Scraper
World's Largest Asphalt Paver
World's Largest Grader
World's Largest Tower Crane
World's Largest Lattice-Boom Crawler Crane
World's Largest Telescopic-Boom Truck Crane
World's Largest Tunnel-boring Machine
Notable People: Equipment Innovators
Profiles of 38 notable equipment innovators - forward-thinkers who invented, researched, developed and promoted heavy equipment who played a key role in the evolution of modern construction.
Projects
Tallest Building Ever Moved
Heaviest Building Ever Moved
Longest Running Projects Currently Under Way
Largest Workforces
Famous Structures (Kremlin, Pentagon, Great Wall of China, Grand Mosque in Mecca)
Dream Projects
White Elephants (Massive projects that were never completed or were completed but never served their intended purpose.)
Economics
History
Markets
Cost Indexes
ENR Cost Indexes
Materials Prices
Labor Costs
Fun Facts
Best Construction Movies
Construction Lore (Memorable quotations)
Sources of Information
Major Professional Organizations
Unions
Government Agencies
Departments of Transportation
International Organizations
Consulting and Forecasting Firms
