Construction

Construction is a general term meaning the art and science to form objects, systems, or organizations, and comes from Latin constructio (from com- "together" and struere "to pile up") and Old French construction. To construct is the verb: the act of building, and the noun is construction: how something is built, the nature of its structure. In its most widely used context, construction covers the processes involved in delivering buildings, infrastructure and industrial facilities, and associated activities through to the end of their life. It typically starts with planning, financing, and design, and continues until the asset is built and …

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24 May 2022 English

Content in British Society, 1939-1951 is arranged in collections corresponding to the archives from which they were sourced. You can read more about the archive materials selected for this resource …

free to households for both indoor and outdoor construction. The outdoor 'Anderson' shelter, and later include fortnightly progress reports on shelter construction and management, as well as monthly census reports


5 May 2022 English

Notes of interest with links to documents in Cold War Eastern Europe. Links to photos, maps and compelling stories.

FO 371/160572 whole file Textual File on the construction of the actual physical Berlin wall (replacing Visual West German propaganda pamphlet about the construction of the wall FO 371/163668 5 to 7 Visual American


4 May 2022 English

Cold War Eastern Europe provides access to thousands of files from the political departments of the U.K. Foreign Office responsible for dealing with and reporting on the Soviet Union and …

Missile Crisis, the Sino-Soviet split, and the construction of the Berlin Wall, which solidified the divide


1 May 2022 English

A timeline of major events in the Cold War in Eastern Europe with links to relevant documents.

the Vienna summit August Beginning of the construction of the Berlin Wall Twenty-Second Congress of


RU: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · 1 January 2017 English

1968 was a momentous year. In the West, it is primarily remembered as a moment of global youth revolt.1 Events in Eastern Europe took place within the context of this …

Prominent intellectuals were forced to become construction workers or boiler stokers and writers lost their


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 German

A file containing documents relating to quadripartite rights and responsibilities in Berlin. Subjects covered in the file include the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the Quadripartite Agreement; …

giving the impression that forms of socialist construction in other countries were invalid. In speaking o i i u o a . h SOVIET WAR MEMORIAL AREA: CONSTRUCTION OF CY£tTE PATH ' 1. In my letters to Warren completed without any problems on 8 April. The construction of the cycl^fitself is now underway. YPUY)


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file containing documents relating to Soviet influence in Africa. Subjects covered in the file include Soviet economic aid to Uganda; the possible establishment of diplomatic relations between Lesotho and …

equipment defectively. Western involvement in a dam construction 9 project had been a success. The President


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

Hungary; indeed they had thought that in the construction industry, whose orders had been 30% less than


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file containing documents relating to the Soviet economy. Subjects covered in the file include poor economic output in the first quarter of 1982; a newspaper article criticising the neglect …

a key sector, directly affecting the Soviet construction industry. Conclusion 8. Although there are transportation and agriculture; somewhat improved construction performance, and a sharp slowdown in the growth Investment and Construction As we have seen, the output of the most important construction materials declined volume of construction. This effect, however, is not discernible in • 1982 construction performance indicator has not been reached. Volume of contract construction grew at the same rate as last year (8%), which


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file of correspondence and reports concerning the Soviet attitude towards the Falklands War. The documents cover Soviet press articles on the conflict; Soviet reports that the British fleet carried …

"militarisation" of the South Atlantic through the construction of a major base on the Falklands; Latin American


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