construction
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While planners say "it's all beautiful, it's all fantastic", locals fear environmental impacts, "disruption during the construction work" and potential expansion of the village with new houses or even blocks of flats, he added.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
While employment in home construction has declined, the opposite is taking place among commercial builders.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
Badea said he was recruited to come to London by Constantin "Bebe" Matache and Catalin Dumitru to work in construction, and was promised £3,000 per month, but the work never materialised.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
The bank estimates about 62% of the company’s expected construction revenue for FY27 is now covered by announced contracts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
And PIH had raised most of the money to begin construction on a hospital in Cange.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing construction
Engineering - Introductory
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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Engineering - Middle School
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