construction projects

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The state could also make building public transit in L.A. less costly and time consuming, others argue, if it played a bigger role in carrying out major construction projects for local transit systems.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

So many men died, many of them "navvies" who moved between major construction projects, they had to make local graveyards bigger.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Subsequent years saw a drawn-out struggle across the industry to complete construction projects as shares plunged and cash flows choked.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Around that time, the Dubai media office’s social-media account was touting record airline performance, road construction projects, and free entry for children at a garden attraction—but nothing on the looming war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Against the view that such great construction projects were unlikely, Kepler offered as counter-examples the pyramids of Egypt and the Great Wall of China, which can, in fact, be seen today from Earth orbit.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan