A rare hardcover Gail Gibbons book. Up and up and up, the skyscraper rises before our eyes. How is it built? First there is careful planning. Then the fun begins. Workers arrive at the building site with their noisy machines, the bulldozers, transit mix trucks, and cranes. A big hole is dug. The foundation is built. Men and women in hardhats go up and down the lifts. Materials go up in hoists. The framework is built, floor by floor. Tower cranes are raised two floors at a time. Below, beams are fireproofed, walls and windows installed. People on the street stop and look up. Workers are busy both inside and out, higher and higher until the last beam is in place. Tall and sleek, Up Goes the Skyscraper! clearly and colorfully describes the construction of a skyscraper.
