construction materials
Lumber, steel, concrete
Construction materials are the substances used to build structures—wood, concrete, steel, brick, glass, and similar building components.
The term appears in contexts ranging from hardware stores to architectural specifications: The cost of construction materials has risen sharply.
In legal and regulatory contexts, it often distinguishes raw building supplies from finished goods or equipment.
- woodTree-derived building material
- two by fourStandard lumber dimension
- lumber yardWood retail facility
- concreteSolid building mixture
- poured concreteHardite mixed and placed
cinder block · rebar · stone · steel · sheet metal · reclaimed wood · bamboo · sand · paint · brick · asphalt · mineral wool · fiberglass · straw · cork · slate · I-beams · ceramics
- polar operationsice roads, ice station, research station, icebreakers, research base
- constructionbuilding site, hammer, building, beam, beams
- industrial materialsaluminum, metals, plastics, chemicals, lumber
- civil engineeringbridges, highways, tunnels, foundations, dams
- shipbuildingshipyards, shipyard, dockyards, dockyard, hull
- muktzehmoney, candles, matches, lighters, electronics
construction materialsfinished product
Completed manufactured good
built environment · edifice · real estate · infrastructure · dwelling
construction materialsrubble
Broken building fragments
debris · wreckage · salvage · scrap · construction waste
construction materialsconsumables
Items requiring regular replacement
perishable goods · biodegradable materials · soft goods · ephemera