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Thesaurus Principles and Practice - Discusses the basics of thesaurus construction and management. From Willpower Information Management Consultants.
LC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms (TGM I) - "The primary web page for the Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms (TGM I), a thesaurus of terms for subject indexing of pictorial materials. TGM I is primarily designed for automated cataloging and indexing systems. It is authorized for use in MARC (Machine-Readable Cataloging) records and adheres to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) guidelines for thesaurus construction."
ANSI/NISO Z39.19 Monolingual Thesaurus Creation Standard - Download site for Z39.19 thesaurus creation standard, which is enumerative and monolingual in nature.
Large-Scale Controlled Vocabulary Indexing for Named Entities - Paper discussing the implementation of a named entity thesaurus by Lexis-Nexis. [PDF Format]
Zthes: a Z39.50 Profile for Thesaurus Navigation - Describes an abstract model for representing and searching thesauri, specifying how the model may be implemented. Uses of Z39.50 protocol and XML DTD for thesauri are described.
Yousef, Abuzir - Focused on the fields of thesaurus construction and contains a curriculum vitae, publications and links.

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Construction management - Construction Management refers either to the study and practice of the managerial and technological aspects of the construction industry (including construction, construction science, construction management, and construction technology), or to a business model where one party to a construction contract serves as a construction consultant, providing both design and construction advice.
Hindustan Construction Company - Hindustan Construction Company, also known as HCC, is a construction company working in India for the past 80 years. With its vision statement of "being the industry leader and a market driven engineering construction company renowned for excellence, quality, performance and reliability in all types of construction", HCC has been working in various sectors of construction including ...
Thesaurus - Thesaurus is derived from 16th century New Latin, in turn from Latin thesaurus, from ancient Greek thesauros, "store-house", "treasury". Besides its meaning as a treasury or storehouse, it more commonly means a listing of words with similar, related, or opposite meanings (this new meaning of thesaurus dates back to Roget's Thesaurus).
Construction permit - A construction permit or building permit is a permit required in most jurisdictions for new construction, or adding onto pre-existing structures, and in some cases for major renovations. Generally, the new construction must be inspected during construction and after completion to ensure compliance with national, regional, and local building codes.
Construction worker - Construction workers are employed in the construction industry and work predominately on construction sites and are typically engaged in aspects of the industry other than design or finance. The term includes general construction workers, also referred to as labourers and members of specialist trades such as electricians, carpenters and plumbers.