About 1, 600 construction jobs in North Ayrshire would also be created at the peak of the construction phase, with approximately 160 once the plant is up and running.

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More than 5, 000 people are expected to work on the construction of a nuclear power station in Suffolk at its peak.

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He has also directed a number of big manufacturing concerns to Mississippi, including the Kemper County coal plant, which is expected to create 260 permanent jobs and 1, 000 during peak construction, and a Toyota factory in the state's rural north that will employ 2, 000 people.

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Construction starts in the Midwest are 2.5 times higher in June than in January, but in the South, construction starts are only 50% higher at the summer peak than at the winter low.

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Residential construction was 6.3% of GDP at its recent peak in the fourth quarter of 2005, but fell to 2.4% at its low in the first quarter of 2010.

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In the seven construction busts since 1960, housing starts fell, on average, by 51% from their peak.

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