After the giant public-works budgets of the mid- and late 1990s, public spending continues to shrink, albeit slowly, pushing down construction-related spending.
"This was the next step we have all been waiting for and moves us further down the construction timeline, " Sen.
But concerns that China's economy was overheating led to action by the country's government last year, to cool down a construction boom by squeezing credit.
The conversation turns to the underpinnings of virtually all his creative work: "It boils down to construction, creating my own language from the inside out, but always keeping my signature, " he explains.
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Construction is down now, but there will be a lot of construction to be done to create a more fuel efficient society.
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The construction ministry wants to bring down the price of house construction by 30%.
That will ultimately bring costs down, reduce construction times, create more jobs and drive more innovation.
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Construction is 2.1% undervalued with nonresidential real estate construction down 21.7% year over year.
The candidates walked together down a long construction ramp into the pit that was once the World Trade Center.
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Yet h ousing inventory levels are down and new construction will take years to move through the development pipeline.
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Things are going so well that another plant is already under construction down the road that will eventually power another 45, 000 homes.
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In the next few weeks, I will sign an executive order clearing away the red tape that slows down too many construction projects.
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That's when things started to slow down in the construction industry, and demand fell for the countertops and other building products he sold.
But Ma doubts the authorities' ad hoc approach -- such as shutting down factories and construction sites to reduce air pollution -- would work in combating desertification.
In China the government's effort to tamp down inflation will slow construction growth by restricting bank loans as well.
Just about a mile down the river, construction is moving forward on Blackfriars Station, the world's largest solar bridge.
Today's figures show construction output down by 5.2% in the second quarter, and nearly 10% smaller than a year ago.
The drop in production appeared in 292 of 366 MSAs, reflecting the slow-down in manufacturing and construction, that took place that year.
Alvarez says the stadium construction is as good a stimulus as there is in a community where construction is down 16 percent.
In 2010, construction was down 7.8% at 1, 789 million pounds, but in 2011 that figure is seen at 1, 879 million pounds, up 5%.
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Manufacturing lost 7, 000 jobs, and construction was down 20, 000.
And interest rates are low, so we could finance right now the rebuilding of infrastructure all across America that drove not only unemployment in the construction industry down, but drove unemployment down across the board.
"Weakness in the housing market will keep construction in a down trend, " Bernanke told lawmakers.
For example, construction spending came down 1.4% in February to the lowest spending level in eleven years.
Alas, construction requires knocking down part of the original Berlin Wall.
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With much of the site under construction or stripped down, the visit involves a bird's-eye view from the ArcelorMittal Orbit tower which stands next to the Olympic Stadium.
Housing had actually proven to be a drag on GDP, with purchases and construction completely breaking down as consumers went on a deleveraging cycle to fix their balance sheets.
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In its results statement, Superglass said "uncertainty had prevailed in key markets" throughout the financial year, with construction market activity down by more than 6% in volume terms on the previous year.
But some experts think construction may slow down.
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