This has had a predictably negative impact on activity and employment in the construction sector.
The ONS said output in the construction sector was higher than it had previously estimated.
The Celtic Tiger stumbled after Ireland's banking crisis and the collapse of its construction sector.
There was some relief for the embattled construction sector, which saw its unemployment level fall 4.4%.
Marshalls said while the weather had since improved, the outlook for the construction sector had deteriorated.
Ticktin notes that their performance is related to the comeback in the U.S. construction sector.
Weakness in manufacturing and - especially - the construction sector could all too easily mess things up.
These came largely from manufacturing, temporary help services and mining, while the construction sector saw job losses.
Scotland's off-site construction sector could nearly double in value over the next five years, a study has suggested.
Speaking to the BBC, managing director of CEF John Armstrong described this "unique" feature of the construction sector.
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It is hoped that any major housebuilding programme could also boost the stalled construction sector and reduce unemployment.
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In the construction sector there are 159 stocks and 53 are rated strong sell and 76 are rated sell.
It added that a fall in government spending had contributed to the particularly large fall in the construction sector.
"The whole construction sector in Saudi Arabia might not be worth that much in a given year, " says one Mideast banker.
He added that his company, which is in the construction sector, would be helping to re-glaze the city of 1.1 million.
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The consumer staples sector is the most overvalued by 14.7% shifting places with the construction sector, which is now 13.5% overvalued.
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Deaths in sectors not subject to preventive HSE inspections make up over three quarters, 76%, of the 180 non-construction sector deaths.
The meeting will look at what more can be done to support the construction sector as well as the wider Welsh economy.
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It follows complaints by the construction sector about the burden of other Welsh regulations, including plans to install sprinklers in all new homes.
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He is expected to tell them that the Scottish government is committed to supporting the construction sector with a programme of infrastructure investment.
Private consumption grew 1% in the first quarter from the previous three month, while the construction sector continued to decline, contracting by 1%.
The revised figures show the construction sector shrank by 5% in the first three months of 2012, less than the 5.4% contraction initially reported.
Bierman said the construction sector has also made gains in creditworthiness in recent months, based on the average probability of default as calculated by Sageworks.
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The services sector, which includes areas such as transport, communication, hotels and restaurants, has grown in spite of weaknesses in the manufacturing and construction sector.
The move follows recent disclosures about a UK-wide database of 3, 000 names used to vet workers in the construction sector for more than 15 years.
So, standby for a boost to house-building or, rather, yet another government attempt to stimulate the construction sector, which shrank by almost 8% last year.
John Armstrong of the Construction Employers Federation said he believed Stormont ministers should invest further money in "capital infrastructure projects" to help the construction sector.
The construction sector added 18, 000 jobs, reflecting the housing market's progress.
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