- Tradesman
A tradesman is a skilled manual worker in a particular trade or craft. Economically and socially, a tradesman's status is considered between a labourer and a professional, with a high degree of both practical and theoretical knowledge of their trade. In cultures where professional careers are highly prized there can be a shortage of skilled manual workers, leading to lucrative niche markets in the trades. - Del Webb
Delbert E. Webb (May 17 1899 - July 4 1974) was an American construction magnate, real estate developer and sports-team owner who is significant for founding and developing the retirement community of Sun City, Arizona. He was born in Fresno, California and dropped out of high school to become a carpenter's apprentice. At the age of 28, he suffered typhoid fever, and as a result moved to Phoenix, Arizona to recover. - Eric Hobsbawm
Eric John Earnest Hobsbawm CH (born June 9, 1917 in Alexandria, Egypt) is a British Marxist historian and author. Hobsbawm was a long-standing member of the now defunct Communist Party of Great Britain and the associated Communist Party Historians Group. He is president of Birkbeck, University of London. One of Hobsbawm's interests is the development of traditions. His work is a study of their construction in the context of the nation state. - James Butler
James Oscar Butler, Jr. (born September 7, 1982 in Climax, Georgia) was a successful college free safety at Georgia Tech from 2001 to 2004. He was undrafted despite his highly decorated collegiate career. While at Georgia Tech, he majored in Building Construction. James, in four years, totaled 204 tackles, seven interceptions, 10 pass breakups, four forced fumbles and blocked two field goals in his final two years as a starter at Georgia Tech, … - Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert served as the French minister of finance from 1665 to 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. He was described by Mme de Sévigné as « Le Nord » as he was cold and unemotional. His relentless hard work and thriftiness made him an esteemed minister. He achieved a reputation for his work of improving the state of French manufacturing and bringing the economy back from the brink of bankruptcy. - Gene Snyder
Marion Eugene Snyder (January 26 1928 - February 16 2007) was an American politician elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives from two different districts in Kentucky. Snyder was born in Louisville and attended public schools there, having graduated from duPont Manual High School. He studied at the University of Louisville and graduated from the Jefferson School of Law. He began a career as a lawyer in Louisville in 1950. - John Mowlem
John Mowlem (12 October 1788 - 8 March 1868) was an English stonemason, builder and founder of the quarrying and construction company "Mowlem, Burt and Freeman". Mowlem was born in Swanage, the son of a quarryman. As a young man, he working in the quarries of the Isle of Purbeck: he was reputedly one of the last people to work in the quarry at Tilly Whim and, as a stonemason, on the Isle of Wight. He travelled to London in 1807 where he started working for Henry Westmacott, … - Einhard
Einhard (also Eginhard or Einhart) (c. 775 - March 14, 840 in Seligenstadt, Germany) was a monk, Frankish historian and a dedicated servant of Charlemagne. He wrote a number works, the most famous of which was produced at the request of Charlemagne's son and successor Louis the Pious. Einhard wrote a biography of Charlemagne, the "Vita Karoli Magni" or "Life of Charlemagne" (c. 817-830), … - Eugene Armstrong
Olin Eugene Armstrong, Jr. (5 June 1953 - 20 September 2004) also known by his nickname "Jack", grew up in the south-central Michigan community of Hillsdale, where he lived until 1990. - Charles Woods
Charles Woods (1921-2004) was an Alabama businessman and broadcaster and aspiring politician. Woods was raised in an orphanage. He enlisted in the Canadian Air Force before joining the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. He was a decorated pilot with the Air Corps. Woods had been severely injured in a 1944 airplane crash on December 23. He taxied down a runway in Kurmitola, India, carrying 28,000 pounds of aviation fuel to be delivered in Lulaing, China. - Luc Bertrand
Luc Bertrand (b. 14 February, 1951) is a Belgian businessman. He is at present the CEO of Ackermans & van Haaren, which is business concern active in construction, dredging, and environmental services, human resources services, financial services, and private equity. The company is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium. - Onsi Sawiris
Onsi Sawiris is an Egyptian businessman, estimated to be worth approximatively $8.5 billion with his family, according to "Forbes". Part of the fortune rests in a joint venture with Swiss cement giant Holderbank. The result: Orascom Construction controls over 15% of Egypt's cement market. He founded the Orascom conglomerate, whose construction, telecommunications and tourism divisions are run by his three sons, this most prominent being Naguib Sawiris. - Andrew Onderdonk
Andrew Onderdonk (30 August 1848 - 21 June,1905) was a construction contractor who worked on several major projects including the San Francisco seawall in California and the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia.He was born in New York to an established Dutch family. He received his education at the Troy Institute of Technology. He married Sarah Delia Hilman of Plainfield, New Jersey. After starting his career surveying townsites and roads in New Jersey, … - Talaat Mostafa
Talaat Moustafa June 6, 1926-February 28, 2005 (died at 78) was chairman and founder of The Talaat Moustafa Group. Talaat Moustafa was one of the personalities who put in effort to help and aid Egyptians. He helped fight poverty in Egypt and helped the poor with their problems. For instance, before his death he opened the Talaat Moustafa philanthropy hospital. The Talaat Moustafa Group is one of the biggest companies in Egypt today. - Engineer Officer Basic Course
The U.S. Army Engineer School, or Engineer Officer Basic Course (EOBC), or Engineer Basic Officer Leader Course (Engineer BOLC) is located at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and is approximately fourteen weeks long. Once an Army Officer has been Commissioned and selected for the Engineer Branch, he or she is sent to Engineer School to learn military construction, combat engineering, and topography. The EOBC is comprised of almost all Second Lieutenants. - Shin Kanemaru
Shin Kanemaru, September 17, 1914 - March 28, 1996, was a Japanese politician. He was born in Imasuwa village (now Minami-arupusu city), Yamanashi Prefecture. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and member of the faction of Noboru Takeshita. In 1992, he was indicted in the Sagawa Kyubin corruption scandal. He was charged with evading taxes on payments he had received from construction companies that were seeking political influence. - Leochares
Leochares was a Greek sculptor, who lived in the 4th century BC. He worked at the construction of the Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The Diana of Versailles is a Roman copy of his original (circa 325 BC). He is also theorised to be the creator of "Apollo Belvedere", currently housed in Vatican City. - Muirhead Bone
Sir Muirhead Bone (23 March, 1876 - 21 October, 1953) was a Scottish etcher, drypoint and watercolour artist. The son of a printer, Bone was born in Glasgow and trained initially as an architect, later going on to study art at Glasgow School of Art. He began printmaking in 1898, and although his first known print was a lithograph, he is better known for his etchings and drypoints. His subject matter was principally related to landscapes, … - Goldsworthy Gurney
Sir Goldsworthy Gurney was a surgeon, chemist, lecturer, consultant, architect, builder and prototypical British gentleman scientist and inventor of the Victorian period. Amongst many accomplishments, he developed the oxy-hydrogen blowpipe, later its principles to a novel form of illumination, the Bude light; developed a series of early steam powered road vehicles; and laid claim — still discussed and disputed today — to the blastpipe, … - Zdzisław Beksiński
Zdzisław Beksiński was a renowned Polish painter, photographer, and fantasy artist. He was born in the town of Sanok, in southern Poland. After studying architecture in Kraków, he returned to Sanok in 1955. Subsequent to this education, he spent several years as a construction site supervisor, which he hated. At that time, he became interested in artistic photography and photomontage, sculpture and painting. He made his sculptures of plaster, metal and wire. - Des Warren
Des Warren (1937-2004) was a construction worker, trade union activist and - with Ricky Tomlinson - one of the 'Shrewsbury Two' imprisoned for 'conspiracy to intimidate' whilst picketing in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom, during 1972. His autobiography, 'The Key To My Cell', put forward his version of events, and what he considered 'the real conspiracy' to intimidate the trade union movement. - Gabi Burgstaller
Gabi Burgstaller is the current governor ("Landeshauptfrau") of the State of Salzburg. She was born in Penetzdorf/Niederthalheim near Schwanenstadt in Upper Austria on May 23, 1963. After matriculation at a high school in Gmunden and one year abroad in England, she studied Law at the University of Salzburg. From 1987 until 1989 she worked as an assistant at the Institutes for Constitutional and Administrative Law, … - Amorphica
The founder of amorphica (amorphica design research office) Aaron Gutierrez is an architect born in Baja California, Mexico and practices in California, and also his native State of Baja California. amorphica was established in 1999 and since has been an inspirational source for architects, artists and designers in general. - Wally Wallington
Wally Wallington is a retired Construction worker who claims to have found a way one person could construct Stonehenge using only materials and techniques that do not rely on any modern technology. He has demonstrated this technique on the "Daily Planet", and is building a full-scale concrete replica of Stonehenge single-handedly. His technique uses simple machines such as levers. - Serdar Bilgili
Serdar Bilgili, born in 1963 in Istanbul, Turkey, served as the president of the Istanbul based football club Beşiktaş J.K.. His family was from the Kahramanmaraş Province in Turkey. After graduating from Robert College in Turkey, he studied Business Administration in the University of Redlands in California, USA. He did some internship in Vienna, Austria in 1983. He returned back to Turkey in 1984 and got engaged in many businesses such as textiles, construction, … - Norman H. Bangerter
Norman H. Bangerter (born January 4, 1933) (nicknamed "Norm") was Governor of Utah from 1985 to 1993. Bangerter was the thirteenth governor of the state, and the first Republican elected to the position since 1965. Prior to his election, Bangerter founded a successful construction firm that specialized in building homes. He served in the Utah house of Representatives from 1975 to 1985. - Sandra Lovelace Nicholas
Sandra M. Lovelace Nicholas (surname "Lovelace Nicholas"), CM (born April 15, 1948) is a Canadian senator representing New Brunswick. She was appointed by Prime Minister Paul Martin on September 21, 2005. A Maliseet from Tobique First Nation, she is an activist for aboriginal rights. She became known internationally when, in 1977, she petitioned the United Nations over the treatment by the Canadian government of aboriginal women and children in Canada, … - Aris Vovos
Aris Vovos is a Greek business man in the field of constructions, and a known sportsman in the field of car rallies, and the president of the Maroussi BC. As a rally driver he has had many successes. Mr.Aris Vovos was born on 21st October 1964. He is married to Vicky Lagopoulou and they have one daughter Maria-Pia. Mr.Vovos has won the Acropolly's Rally of 1995, having Kostas Stefanis as his co-driver. - Jørgen Kosmo
Jørgen Hårek Kosmo is a Norwegian politician. He was Defence Minister from 1993 to 1997 and Minister of Labour and Administrative Affairs 2000-2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg. He has been member of the Norwegian Parliament from 1985 to 2005 and served as president (speaker) of the parliament 2001-2005. Kosmo was in 2004 appointed county governor of Telemark, but could not take over the position while he was member of parliament. - Oskar Kaufmann
Oskar Kaufmann (February 2, 1873, Újszentanna/Neu Sankt Anna (today Sântana), near Arad, Romania - September 8, 1956, Budapest) was an Hungarian-Jewish architect. He was an expert of construction and design and played an active part in Berlin since 1900. Among his most well-known works are the Krolloper in Berlin, the Hebbel Theater and the Renaissance Theater, both located in Bremerhaven, Germany, the Neue Stadttheater in Vienna, and the Habima Theater in Tel Aviv. - Edward Schroeder Prior
Edward Schroeder Prior was an architect who was instrumental in establishing the arts and crafts movement. He was one of the foremost theorists of the second generation of the movement, writing extensively on architecture, art, craftsmanship and the building process and subsequently influencing the training of many architects. - Kees Bruynzeel
Cornelis (Kees) Bruynzeel was a Dutch businessman, timber merchant and yachtsman. Bruynzeel was the son of Cornelis Bruynzeel Sr., who founded a timber factory in 1897, and Antoinette Lels. He studied in The Hague, and took several trips to the United States and Sweden to study progress in automatization and wood manufacturing. In 1920 he became manager of the family's new door factory in Zaandam and in 1922 he married Titia Verkade, … - Johann Georg Specht
Johann Georg Specht was born in Lindenberg im Allgäu. He was a civil engineer and architect in the south of Germany. Johann Georg Specht trained as a civil engineer with Peter Thumb in Vorarlberg. Specht planned and had a vast number of edifices and other constructions built in Upper Swabia and the Allgäu, amongst which are as varied constructions as water works, bridges, mills, residential buildings, industrial buildings and even castles and churches. - Alexander Colyn
Alexander Colyn, (born 1527/29, Mechelen, Belgium - died 1612, Mechelen), Flemish sculptor. He is credited with bringing the artistic style of European courts to Germany, where he managed the sculpting of the Ottheinrichsbau (German, "Ottheinrich castle" or literally "construction") in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg. He contributed to the tombs of Ferdinand II, which he designed, and of Maximilian I, where he sculpted a number of marble reliefs. - Gerald McKee
Gerald McKee is an American construction management executive who was president of McKee-Berger-Mansueto (MBM). His activism landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents. MBM was at the center of a 1977 scandal surrounding the construction of the University of Massachusetts Boston campus. Two state senators were convicted on extortion charges for accepting payoffs from MBM. - Manfred van H.
Manfred van H. a.k.a. "Mahavo" (born 1944; his full name has not been made public) is a German retiree and political activist from Senden, Germany. On February 23, 2006, he was convicted in a court in Lüdinghausen of "defamation of religious convictions in a manner suitable to disturb the public peace". He was sentenced to one year in prison (on probation for five years) and to 300 hours of community service. - Walter Lubken
Walter J. Lubken (1882-1960) was an official photographer for the United States Reclamation Service (USRS) from 1903 to 1917. During these years, Lubken took thousands of photographs documenting the Reclamation Service's irrigation projects across the American West. He recorded the progress of construction projects as well as USRS machinery and personnel. - Renato de Albuquerque
Renato de Albuquerque is a Brazilian civil engineer and entrepreneur in the construction and real state businesses. He was the founder of a pioneering construction firm, Albuquerque & Takaoka in 1951 together with his fellow architect and friend Yojiro Takaoka. Both had studied at the University of São Paulo Polytechnic School, graduating in 1949. - Peter Troubetzkoy
Pyotr Petrorvich Troubetzkoy, (1822-1892) was a Russian diplomat, administrator and general. Troubetzkoy was born in Tulcin in 1822. His first wife was Varvara Yourievna Troubetzkoy. In 1844 he was appointed governor of Smolensk, and Orel. In 1865 he went to Florence (Italy) on a diplomatic mission which included the supervision of the Russian church there. In Florence he met Ada Winans, an American lyric singer, and with her moved to Ghiffa on Lake Maggiore. - Weetman Pearson 1st Viscount Cowdray
Weetman Dickinson Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray GCVO (July 15, 1856 - May 1, 1927) was an engineer, oil industrialist, and owner of the Pearson conglomerate. He was born 15 July 1856 at Shelley, Woodhouse, Yorkshire, the son of George Pearson and Sarah Weetman Dickinson. The Pearson firm, started by his grandfather Samuel in 1844 and today known as a publishing house, initially focused on construction.
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