Contractor’s Tool Box Tip

THE FOUR MAIN

CONSTRUCTION CATEGORIES

The field of construction is as diversified as the uses and forms of the

many types of structures it produces.

The construction industry is commonly divided into four (4)main categories.  Identify and be familiar with the category your company best fit.

       

      1 HOUSING                                                                                     

         Building of single family homes, condominiums, multi unit townhouses, 

         garden-type and high rise apartments.

      2 NON RESIDENTIAL

         Institutional, educational, light industrial, commercial, social, religious,  

         governmental and recreational buildings and facilities.

      3 ENGINEERING

         Highway and air field construction, heavy construction, sewage and water

         treatment plants, dams, levees, pipe and pole lines, and harbor structures,          tunnels, large bridges, reclamation and irrigation work, flood control

         structures, and railroads, utility construction, mostly municipal work such

         as sanitary and storm drains, curb and gutter, street paving, water lines,

         electrical and telephone distribution facilities, drainage structures, and

         pumping stations.

      4 INDUSTRIAL

         Petroleum refineries, steel mills, chemical plants, smelters, electric power 

         generating stations, heavy manufacturing facilities.