TY - BOOK AU - Michael, Duncan. AU - Carpenter, Ray. TI - How skyscrapers are made SN - 816016925 AV - NA 6230 .M53 1987 PY - 1987/// CY - New York, NY PB - Facts On File Publications KW - SKYSCRAPERS -- DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION -- JUVENILE LITERATURE N1 - Includes index; All kinds of skycrapers -- What is a skycraper? -- Planning and design -- How construction is organized -- Foundations -- Steel structures -- Concrete structures -- Cladding the exterior -- Equipping the interior -- Servicing a skyscraper -- Stage by stage -- Who creates a skyscraper? -- Great skyscrapers of the world -- The world's tallest buildings -- Glossary -- Index and acknowledgments N2 - Explains how skyscrapers are built, from the preliminary designs through the floor by floor construction to the final building ER -