Construction Physics
@constructionphysics.skystack.xyz
Essays about buildings, infrastructure, and industrial technology.
This is an automated Substack Account of https://constructionphysics.substack.com
Discover more/Create at: @skystack.xyz
This is an automated Substack Account of https://constructionphysics.substack.com
Discover more/Create at: @skystack.xyz
Reading List 1/10/2026 • Waymos as kid shuttles, naval reactors for data centers, welder’s anthrax, flood buyouts, and more.
Reading List 1/10/2026
Waymos as kid shuttles, naval reactors for data centers, welder’s anthrax, flood buyouts, and more.
www.construction-physics.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Reading List 1/10/2026 • Waymos as kid shuttles, naval reactors for data centers, welder’s anthrax, flood buyouts, and more.
How Did TVs Get So Cheap?
How Did TVs Get So Cheap?
www.construction-physics.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
How Did TVs Get So Cheap?
Reading List 01/03/2026 • Automated code checkers, meranti wood, shifting snowfall patterns, launching spacecraft with bullwhips, and more.
Reading List 01/03/2026
Automated code checkers, meranti wood, shifting snowfall patterns, launching spacecraft with bullwhips, and more.
www.construction-physics.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Reading List 01/03/2026 • Automated code checkers, meranti wood, shifting snowfall patterns, launching spacecraft with bullwhips, and more.
Should US homebuilders emulate Sweden?
Should US homebuilders emulate Sweden?
www.construction-physics.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Should US homebuilders emulate Sweden?
How Accurate Are Learning Curves?
How Accurate Are Learning Curves?
www.construction-physics.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
How Accurate Are Learning Curves?
Reading List 12/20/25 • Tesla’s robotaxi crash reports, a fusion startup merger, the decline of US injection molding, Wyoming’s snow fences, and more
Reading List 12/20/25
Tesla’s robotaxi crash reports, a fusion startup merger, the decline of US injection molding, Wyoming’s snow fences, and more
www.construction-physics.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reading List 12/20/25 • Tesla’s robotaxi crash reports, a fusion startup merger, the decline of US injection molding, Wyoming’s snow fences, and more
How Bell Labs Won Its First Nobel Prize
How Bell Labs Won Its First Nobel Prize
www.construction-physics.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
How Bell Labs Won Its First Nobel Prize
Reading List 12/13/2025 • Boom Supersonic’s gas turbine, the reliability of learning curves, a fake bridge collapse, using coal mines for geothermal energy, and more.
Reading List 12/13/2025
Boom Supersonic’s gas turbine, the reliability of learning curves, a fake bridge collapse, using coal mines for geothermal energy, and more.
www.construction-physics.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Reading List 12/13/2025 • Boom Supersonic’s gas turbine, the reliability of learning curves, a fake bridge collapse, using coal mines for geothermal energy, and more.
Stagnant Construction Productivity Is a Worldwide Problem
Stagnant Construction Productivity Is a Worldwide Problem
www.construction-physics.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Stagnant Construction Productivity Is a Worldwide Problem
Reading List 12/06/2025 • 3D printed legos, exploding wire detonators, the David Taylor model basin, multi-point metal forming, and more.
Reading List 12/06/2025
3D printed legos, exploding wire detonators, the David Taylor model basin, multi-point metal forming, and more.
www.construction-physics.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Reading List 12/06/2025 • 3D printed legos, exploding wire detonators, the David Taylor model basin, multi-point metal forming, and more.
Reading List 11/29/25 • NIMBYism and aesthetics, defibrillator drones, railway track detonators, a proposed mach-23 space gun, and more.
Reading List 11/29/25
NIMBYism and aesthetics, defibrillator drones, railway track detonators, a proposed mach-23 space gun, and more.
www.construction-physics.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reading List 11/29/25 • NIMBYism and aesthetics, defibrillator drones, railway track detonators, a proposed mach-23 space gun, and more.
How a Government Think Tank Trained The First Generation of US Software Developers
How a Government Think Tank Trained The First Generation of US Software Developers
www.construction-physics.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
How a Government Think Tank Trained The First Generation of US Software Developers
Reading List 11/22/25 • The ship failure that caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, the boring part of Bell Labs, a more efficient way of making antimatter, underground nuclear reactors, and more.
Reading List 11/22/25
The ship failure that caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, the boring part of Bell Labs, a more efficient way of making antimatter, underground nuclear reactors, and more.
www.construction-physics.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Reading List 11/22/25 • The ship failure that caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, the boring part of Bell Labs, a more efficient way of making antimatter, underground nuclear reactors, and more.
How ASML Got EUV
How ASML Got EUV
www.construction-physics.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
How ASML Got EUV
Reading List 11/15/25 • Israel refilling a lake with desalinated seawater, South Korean nuclear subs, ways to make titanium cheap, a “new Bell Labs”, and more.
Reading List 11/15/25
Israel refilling a lake with desalinated seawater, South Korean nuclear subs, ways to make titanium cheap, a “new Bell Labs”, and more.
www.construction-physics.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reading List 11/15/25 • Israel refilling a lake with desalinated seawater, South Korean nuclear subs, ways to make titanium cheap, a “new Bell Labs”, and more.
What Is A Production Process? • Chapter 1 of my book “The Origins of Efficiency”
What Is A Production Process?
Chapter 1 of my book “The Origins of Efficiency”
www.construction-physics.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
What Is A Production Process? • Chapter 1 of my book “The Origins of Efficiency”
Reading List 11/8/2025 • Gathering robot training data, “love letters” sent to home sellers, the Napier Deltic diesel engine, jumps in electricity demand from electric teakettles, and more.
Reading List 11/8/2025
Gathering robot training data, “love letters” sent to home sellers, the Napier Deltic diesel engine, jumps in electricity demand from electric teakettles, and more.
www.construction-physics.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reading List 11/8/2025 • Gathering robot training data, “love letters” sent to home sellers, the Napier Deltic diesel engine, jumps in electricity demand from electric teakettles, and more.
How the UK Lost Its Shipbuilding Industry
How the UK Lost Its Shipbuilding Industry
www.construction-physics.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
How the UK Lost Its Shipbuilding Industry
Reading List 10/25/25 • Jet engine-powered data centers, Brightline train deaths, cracks in a super thin skyscraper, a Chinese particle accelerator, and more.
Reading List 10/25/25
Jet engine-powered data centers, Brightline train deaths, cracks in a super thin skyscraper, a Chinese particle accelerator, and more.
www.construction-physics.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reading List 10/25/25 • Jet engine-powered data centers, Brightline train deaths, cracks in a super thin skyscraper, a Chinese particle accelerator, and more.
Reading List 10/18/25 • North Korean construction company, data center popularity, why robot dexterity is hard, a map of US solar panels, and more.
Reading List 10/18/25
North Korean construction company, data center popularity, why robot dexterity is hard, a map of US solar panels, and more.
www.construction-physics.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reading List 10/18/25 • North Korean construction company, data center popularity, why robot dexterity is hard, a map of US solar panels, and more.
More on US Pedestrian Deaths
More on US Pedestrian Deaths
www.construction-physics.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
More on US Pedestrian Deaths
My Book, The Origins of Efficiency, is Out Today
My Book, The Origins of Efficiency, is Out Today
www.construction-physics.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
My Book, The Origins of Efficiency, is Out Today
Reading List 10/11/2025 • Russia’s role in nuclear fuel production, aircraft contrails, homes collapsing in North Carolina, Konrad Zuse’s Helix Tower, and more.
Reading List 10/11/2025
Russia’s role in nuclear fuel production, aircraft contrails, homes collapsing in North Carolina, Konrad Zuse’s Helix Tower, and more.
www.construction-physics.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reading List 10/11/2025 • Russia’s role in nuclear fuel production, aircraft contrails, homes collapsing in North Carolina, Konrad Zuse’s Helix Tower, and more.
Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?
Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?
www.construction-physics.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?