Event Details

End: June 1, 2014
Contact: 5icch.chicago@gmail.com
More Info: http://5icch.org

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS--Due Date June 1, 2014. We invite researchers and practitioners from all aspects of the history of construction to submit paper abstracts for the 5th International Congress on Construction History, to be held in Chicago and hosted by the Construction History Society of America June 3-7, 2015. The congress follows on successful interdisciplinary congresses held in Madrid (2003), Cambridge UK (2006), Cottbus (2009), and Paris (2012). Paper topics may include: History and construction of specific projects History of the building trades or specific builders Organization of construction work Wages and the economics of construction The development of building codes and regulations Trade unions and guilds Structural analysis and the development of structural forms Development of construction tools, cranes, scaffolding, etc Building techniques in response to their environments Building materials, their history, production and use History of services (heating, lighting etc.) in buildings The changing role of the professions in construction Building archaeology Computer simulation, experimentation and reconstruction Use of construction history for dating of historic fabric Recording, preservation and conservation Construction in architectural writing The role of construction history in education The bibliography of construction history The theory and practice of construction history Submission: Submit proposals to https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icch5 by June 1, 2014.