"Construction activity generally, general construction, civil engineering and housing, have a vital, dynamic effect on getting an economy going, " he said.
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"After so many years of shrinking, we are having a hard time catching up with the orders flying in, " says Hirohide Ito, secretary-general of the Miyagi General Construction Association, a local trade group.
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John Gallagher, a spokesman for Tishman Construction, the general contractor overseeing construction of the towers and hub, said DCM hasn't caused any delays and the contractor is working overtime on its projects.
Kuo Nien-hsiung, secretary general of the Construction and Planning Administration, said he suspected that builders used cheap materials.
According to experts previously involved in their construction, the General Accounting Office, a congressional committee and NBC News, if allowed to come on line, the shoddy construction, defective materials and unsafe design of these reactors would more likely than not result in a catastrophic nuclear accident.
He retired from the military in 1979 and worked as the general manager of a small construction company in his hometown for about a year.
After local governments decided to pursue LEED certification for their own buildings, there was an uptick in the number of local architects, general contractors, and other construction industry professionals who sought LEED accreditation.
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Li Shichun, who runs the downtown furniture shop Vintiques Shanghai Art Deco, says there used to be a fairly steady flow of Deco pieces onto the market, driven by the demolition of old homes to make way for new construction and a general attitude among locals that Deco furniture wasn't something worth keeping.
But the general consensus is that everything involved in stadium construction has become more expensive.
As Europe's largest paper, packaging and forest products company it is sensitive to the declines in home construction and newsprint volume and to general European fears.
In fact, Chen Zhengli, Secretary General of the Mining Machinery Branch of the Construction Machinery Industry Association, predicts that the local companies will account for 50% of the excavator market in China within five years.
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It was at that point that the powerful Henry Crown of Chicago became the biggest shareholder in General Dynamics, merging it with his sprawling construction supply business and beginning a six-decade relationship between GD and the wealthy Crown family that persists to this day.
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In the past week the president (and former general), Thein Sein, has announced that construction of the Myitsone dam across the River Irrawaddy would cease.
General Dynamics NASSCO, a major ship design, construction and repair company, mailed warn letters to about 1, 040 employees in San Diego, Norfolk and Mayport, informing them that they could be indefinitely laid off in April -- at the end of April through the summer, due to the possible cancellation or delay of maintenance and repair work and uncertainty created by sequestration.
An impoverished peasant from Yemen who emigrated to Saudi Arabia, he started out as a general contractor in 1931 and built one of the largest construction companies in Saudi Arabia, amassing a fortune estimated to be at least a billion dollars.
Still, the general sentiment among residents is one of relief, now that construction is once again in progress.
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There are 9 injunctions against the construction of Belo Monte, all filed by district attorneys general in the state of Para, where Belo Monte is slated to be built.
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Manufacturing and commercial construction projects have been some of the biggest drivers of nonresidential construction over the last year, according to the Associated General Contractors of America, a trade group.
Over the past week, senior administration officials including General David Petraeus have made viciously defamatory attacks on Israel insinuating that the construction of homes for Jews in Jerusalem is a primary cause for bad behavior on the part of Iran and its proxies in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Syria and Gaza.
After showing some largesse in the construction of stadiums for the Confederations Cup, FIFA's Secretary General has insisted that delays will not be tolerated when it comes to the World Cup itself.
Ambassador James Cunningham and Jerusalem Consul- General Daniel Rubinstein have met repeatedly with relevant government ministers to express US opposition to all construction in Jewish neighborhoods built since 1967.
Last week, ARTBA, along with the Associated General Contractors of America, held a legislative "fly-in": 500 people signed up, representing 28 construction and building associations and union groups.
He also had to find a certified contractor to draw up a general plan for the project to take to the Russian standards agency, which would then oversee every detail of the construction work no doubt finding many more snags along the way.
It would be foolish of us as a culture to miss the pain the Dr. Pepper soft drink is meant to alleviate during an era where traditionally male jobs are disappearing (construction, manufacturing) and there is increasing competition for knowledge work from women, as well as a general feminization of the culture (a topic too big to talk about in a comment).
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