List of Construction Tools to Use at Construction Sites No matter what your specialty is in building construction, you will need at least some tools to get started. To help you pick the right ones, here’s a list of all the important construction tools.   Power Tools On top of your list, y...

Abrasives can be used in a variety of ways by many different kinds of companies. Especially when you have products that need to be progressed to a completed state by buffing, sanding, grinding, or polishing. As long as the abrasive itself is harder than the material you're trying to finish, an abras...

Industry scale and characteristics The output of the global construction industry was worth an estimated $10.8 trillion in 2017, and in 2018 was forecast to rise to $12.9 trillion by 2022, and to around $14.8 trillion in 2030. As a sector, construction accounts for more than 10% of global GDP (in de...

Construction industry sectors Broadly, there are three sectors of construction: buildings, infrastructure and industrial: Building construction is usually further divided into residential and non-residential. Infrastructure, also called 'heavy civil' or 'heavy engineering', includes large public wor...

Construction is a general term meaning the art and science of forming objects, systems, or organizations.It comes from the Latin word constructio (from com- "together" and struere "to pile up") and Old French construction. To 'construct' is a verb: the act of building, and the noun is construction:...