At nearby Niumalu the Menehune Fishpond, dating from about 1,000 years ago, was formed by a 900-foot (275-metre) stone wall at a bend in the Huleia Stream; according to legend, the wall, 4 feet (1.2 metres) wide and 5 feet (1.5 metres) above water level, was built in one night by the menehunes ("little people"), who were said to have accomplished great construction feats.
Where once the $12.6 billion (1998 total revenues) company was famous for its construction feats on the Hoover Dam and other marvels, Bechtel under its present chief executive is becoming as renowned for its financial designs.
Where once the company was famous for its construction feats on the Hoover Dam and the Trans-Arabian pipeline, Bechtel under its present chief executive is becoming as renowned for its financial designs.
The construction of the freeway through the swell is listed as one of the engineering marvels of the Interstate Highway System, with one engineer claiming this section as "one of the most significant highway construction feats of its time".
Some amazing construction feats have been used to carry the 'khuls' across unstable scree slopes, and laboriously cut by hand out of rock faces, Plate 5.29.
His precise executions of complex constructions — a technical feat roughly analogous to achieving a perfect triple somersault with a half twist off a high board while everyone else cannonballs — earned him the respect of other poets and numerous awards and honors, including Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundation fellowships.
"Let's concede that The Luminaries is a stunning feat of construction.
"A ship made of matchsticks in a bottle is a feat of construction but not necessarily a great work of art," David Sexton said in The London Evening Standard.
Quite a feat of construction on Mike's part, especially as the grid contained no O's outside of the Braille boxes.
Its construction will involve a feat of engineering: the extension of a platform over below-grade railroad tracks that bisect the site.
