Kilroy already is prepared to finance construction projects, while developers who need projects approved can sometimes be delayed by lenders who remain leery of construction projects that don't yet have a definite income stream.
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However, before starting the works, the giant oil company must complete a long bidding process to select who will be in charge of the construction of projects.
The group had until recently managed to survive the downturn in construction industry and was behind a number of key construction projects.
Only a third of railway construction projects were continuing normally, it said.
"There is no better time to be in the Philippines than now, " says Robbie Antonio, managing director of Century Properties, a Manila real estate firm whose array of luxury construction projects includes Trump Tower, Makati City.
Up until now, most condo developers have relied on a combination of their own personal wealth, investments from equity funds and buyer deposits up as much as 80% of the purchase price of the units to finance construction of their projects.
The formulas were developed primarily to give planners of, say, construction projects an idea of their manpower needs, and to tell policy makers how many jobs would be created.
This setback came a week after the announcement of further delays on one of Britain's largest construction projects, the extension of London Underground's Jubilee Line from Westminster to Stratford in east London.
Greece is embarked on tens of billions of dollars in construction projects as it prepares to host the Olympics in 2004.
The clean-up process might be hindered by pro-union rules such as the Davis-Bacon Act, which increases the cost of federally funded construction projects.
Mr Berlusconi said that he intended to tap European Union funds, as well as spending some of the cash set aside for construction projects as part of Italy's response to the global economic crisis.
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The following day he returned to announce that tents to accommodate 14, 000 people had been made ready and said that he intended to divert to L'Aquila and the surrounding area some of the money set aside for construction projects as part of Italy's response to the economic crisis.
And across Nevada, there are dozens of transportation projects and energy projects and construction projects putting people to work doing the work that America needs done.
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Instead, much of it has gone into construction projects such as building bridges, with little thought of the likely returns.
In its pursuit of energy deals, supplies of commodities and large construction projects, China has gone where many developed nations fear to go.
Ms Todd has overseen a number of high-profile projects, including the construction of two new tram lines and development of Nottingham railway station.
"Well sites and pipeline right of ways are temporary construction projects on mostly private land that will be reclaimed after work is complete, " he said.
It said large scale construction projects of any type require years of planning and preparation, even those that are, quote, "on the shelf" generally cannot be undertaken quickly enough to provide timely stimulus to the economy.
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.
Their speeches about jobs ring very hollow to 70, 000 construction workers who are not working, right in the middle of the construction season, on construction projects all over America.
It also provides money for thousands of transportation projects currently under construction around the country.
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It lent the low interest loan to billionaire Batista under their ProCopa program, designed for companies looking to upgrade and build-out new construction projects ahead of the FIFA World Cup, already coming to Brazil next year.
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The projects totaling 21 in all include construction of subway and light rail lines in 23 cities, 13 highway projects spanning 2, 000 kilometers, 10 municipal-level projects and three ports and waterway projects.
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The country also decided to reevaluate the safety systems of rail projects that have been approved but yet to start construction, and to suspend the examination or approval of newly proposed projects.
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Bechtel, an American company, has a team of engineers in Gurgaon working on construction projects worldwide.
The company has delayed construction on a number of projects, however.
In Asia, China's Shanghai Composite Index climbed 1.4% as hopes of increased government spending on a wide range of investment projects lifted coal and construction companies.
Construction projects, often of enormous size and impact, are developer generated and initiated, within a narrow spectrum of private interest, and the bigger they are the better the city seems to like them.
Police also arrested three officers of the municipal agency that clears construction projects in the area, one police official, a building-material supplier, a local politician and a mediator who worked for the builders, Mr. Ballal said.
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