Yet as suburban construction ended, cities continued building high-density urban housing--sometimes encouraged by city subsidies.

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But in recent years it has become the home of huge empty lots and darkened projects, including Las Vegas Plaza and Fontainebleau Las Vegas, a hulking bluish-green tower that was 70 percent finished when construction ended.

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She ended up getting her Masters in Construction Engineering Management, with a focus on Green Building.

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So he ended up working illegally on a construction site run by a Turkish company and living in an on-site barracks.

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The Sageworks Private Company Report, which is based on financial statements filed in the six months ended January, shows average annual sales growth for construction companies increased 11.1 percent.

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The Private Company Report by Sageworks, a monthly update on the health of private companies in America, shows that several categories of construction posted mid-teen percentage sales increases in the 12 months ended March 2013.

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China Construction Bank jumped 2.6% in Hong Kong and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ended up 2.7%.

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The average probability that a private construction company would default in the next year was 3.79 percent for the 12-month period ended Dec. 31, compared with 5.73 percent for the year-earlier period.

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