Planning Basics
Construction & Materials
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Jonathan Lerdau
Construction Site and Safety
100
This type of open public space often sits at the center of a city and is used for gatherings.
What is a square?
100
This common building material is made from cement, sand, gravel, and water.
What is concrete?
100
This tool uses satellites to show your position on Earth.
What is GPS?
100
What town does Jonathan currently live in?
What is Parabiago?
100
What is a hard hat?
200
This network organizes how vehicles and pedestrians move through a city.
What is the street system/What are streets?
200
Engineers choose materials based on strength, durability, and this property related to environmental impact.
What is sustainability?
200
These lines on a map show hills and mountains
What are contour lines?
200
This state, known for peanuts and the Blue Ridge Mountains, was Jonathan's home for most of the last 19 years
What is Virginia?
200
This set of procedures ensures sites remain risk-free.
What is a safety plan?
300
The process by which cities often divide land into residential, commercial, and industrial uses.
What is zoning?
300
This material is known for high tensile strength and is often used in skyscrapers.
What is steel?
300
What is a topographic map?
300
Jonathan did an Erasmus semester in this Italian city, known for its medieval architecture and distinctive art style
What is Siena?
300
This action means to look for dangers before starting work.
What is a risk assessment?
400
This design model features sets of perpendicular streets, common in cities like New York City.
What is a grid?
400
This process evaluates how materials perform under stress and load.
What is material testing?
400
This process means measuring land to decide property limits.
What is land surveying?
400
What sport, made popular in Teen Wolf and Gossip Girl, did Jonathan play in high school?
What is lacrosse?
400
This structure helps workers stand high when building walls.
What is scaffolding?
500
This urban design element provides greenery, improves air quality, and offers recreational space.
What are urban parks?
500
This test determines how much weight a material can withstand before failure.
What is a compression test?
500
This tool is used to measure angles when studying land.
What is a theodolite?
500
What instrument, featured in Damiano Michieletto's 2025 film Primavera, does Jonathan play?
What is the violin?
500
his rule says workers must wear the correct protective equipment for each job.
What is PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)?