Why Levittown didn't revolutionize homebuilding(construction-physics.com)

58 points by sien 2 years ago | 125 comments

"No inventions; no innovations" A History of US Steel(construction-physics.com)

230 points by gok 2 years ago | 195 comments

300k airplanes in five years(construction-physics.com)

339 points by juliangamble 2 years ago | 494 comments

Construction Physics essay by Brian Potter on how the US ramped up aircraft manufacturing to build about 300,000 airplanes during World War II.

An engineering history of the Manhattan Project(construction-physics.com)

127 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 65 comments

How the gas turbine conquered the electric power industry(construction-physics.com)

73 points by jseliger 2 years ago | 43 comments

Strap Rail(construction-physics.com)

30 points by surprisetalk 11 months ago | 2 comments