Construction Systems

Goal: building structures on the site where they are to be used

Inputs: energy, knowledge, materials, money, people, time, tools

Processes: designing, engineering, site preparation, building, maintaining, inspecting

Outputs: intended – the structure

unintended – scrap, waste, pollution, collapse/failure

Feedback: open-loop, closed-loop

Some of the things construction gives us are houses and buildings to live and work in, roads, tunnels, and bridges to get from one place to another, and dams to hold water. Construction is crucial for daily life to continue these days.

The following video is a time-lapse video of a house being built: