About a third of the highway construction jobs would be directly linked to the construction sites -- including on-site workers like Baxter, and off-site workers who manufacture construction materials such as steel and concrete.
At the 121-acre construction site on Sentosa--the resort island linked to the Singapore mainland by a short causeway--more than 1, 000 workers toil away on around-the-clock shifts.
The first phase of construction includes early earthwork and concrete foundations for a mill and on-site power plant, expansion of the existing water-supply system, construction and operation of the initial phase of a new tailings facility, and expansion of camp facilities by approximately 6, 600 additional beds for workers.
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Work is under way to transfer an 11, 000-tonne section of aircraft carrier from its construction site on the Clyde to the Rosyth yard in Fife.
Employer-clients like Boeing, Citigroup, Pfizer and Microsoft sign contracts in which they agree to pay everything from construction costs to ongoing maintenance in return for on-site child care services for their employees' children. (Often, these employer "sponsors" will also subsidize the parents' tuition.) Under certain "cost-plus" contracts, the employer-sponsors will even shoulder some of the care center's risk in exchange for more control of the operations.
With its gleaming white marble floor, minimalist decor and crew of white-gloved waiters bearing trays of lemon tea, the sales office at Lodha Fiorenza looks more like a plush salon than something makeshift on a construction site where a tall crane stands next to half-finished towers.
An 11, 000-tonne section of aircraft carrier has set off on its journey from its construction site on the Clyde to Fife.
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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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Currently under construction, the 40-storey Cajasol Tower is being built on the former site of the 1992 World Expo in La Cartuja, a neighbourhood that Seville has struggled to redevelop.
In Mumbai, three workers at a bridge-construction site at the city's airport were killed after a concrete block fell on them in February.
Construction workers building a power station in Cheshire have gone on strike due to "inadequate on-site facilities".
There had also been indications of construction activity on the rocket site's upper gantry platform "required for future launches of long-range rockets", it said.
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