Talk:History of construction

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Unbalanced[edit]

This article deals exclusively with the history of construction in Europe. It needs to be expanded to cover other parts of the world.Bill (talk) 05:36, 28 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I would argue against this article becoming part of the history of structural engineering however. Te history of construction encompasses areas not covered in the history of structural engineering, including socio-economic aspects of construction and aspects to do with keeping out the rain. (DrArchitect (talk) 16:14, 18 March 2011 (UTC))[reply]

I added the Unbalanced template both because this article focuses on Western construction and it focuses on formal architecture. It can be improved by adding construction history from other continents and vernacular building methods. Also, a brief history of tools (stone, bronze, iron, electric powered) may be helpful for the reader. More citations are also needed. Jim Derby (talk) 14:19, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to know what the evidence is for flying scaffolds during the construction of St Paul's Cathedral in Lonfdon in 1675-1711 as the article says. As far as I know from the building accounts, there is no such evidence. John Schofield (London) (talk) 18:15, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"toggle joint"[edit]

"toggle joints (tongue and groove)". Huh ? Seems to me that tongue-and-groove and toggle joint are two very different types of assembly. --Jerome Potts (talk) 01:02, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Too many images[edit]

A lot of work needs to be done on this article, but the images are just excessive. Keep in mind that this is an article about construction, so we should keep the images focused on the how, not what, of building. I'm going to remove all images that aren't justified as improving the reader's understanding of construction. --Iamozy (talk) 21:06, 18 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sections are not hierarchical[edit]

All time periods belong under the "Chronological developments" section. Any regional or temporal subdivisions within each era belong under that time period's subsection. The titles of this article are a mess. --Iamozy (talk) 21:21, 18 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

General Comments[edit]

There are a few instances in this article that could use some cleanup. Such as " Iron is not much harder than bronze but by adding carbon iron becomes steel" Could be rephrased to say "Iron is only slightly harder than bronze, but the addition of adding carbon to the iron during the smelting process allowed for the creation of steel." This note also needs a source as the smelting page indicates that steel was instead invented in around the first century AD not 300 BC. Even then only in small quantities. It would be more applicable to mention that they were using a blooming technique to produce their tools. Hand planes were also originally had iron or bronze blades according to references on the Hand Planes page Ianq5d (talk) 00:11, 22 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

subject[edit]

Hello, I am required to respond to a third-party question on a wiki talk page for a class assignment, so ignore this if reading. As pertains to the question on whether all perspectives are provided on the topic, after taking a read it seems many of the world's cultures and construction styles are under represented. For example, the Egypt Pyramids are discussed, but not ay pyramid structures in South America. Gopokesyessirrr (talk) 22:30, 22 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]