Last month, Republicans in the Senate blocked a jobs bill that would have meant hundreds of thousands of private sector construction jobs repairing bridges like this one.
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So Project Rebuild connects the two by helping the private sector put construction workers to work rehabilitating vacant or abandoned homes and businesses all across the country.
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The good news is that the troubled economies of Asia and Latin America are showing signs of life: Asian dealers have begun restocking Cat products, and private-sector construction is growing again in Brazil.
Weaker construction of hotels, manufacturing facilities and health care facilities in the private sector left January construction spending flat with December, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday.
Even more important, those new jobs were largely the result of growth in the private sector, in construction, manufacturing, retail, and health care, gains that were substantial enough to offset the continuing cut-backs in government payrolls.
Within the private sector, the construction industry saw the largest number deaths, but the end of the real estate boom has contributed to a large decrease in mortality: Annual construction fatalities have fallen by more than one-third since 2006.
In 2002, the U.S. launched its Nuclear Power 2010 program, an initiative by the government and the private sector to encourage the construction of more plants, though that effort has been slowed somewhat by regulatory issues.
The question now is whether, if public spending on construction falls, the private sector will pick up the slack.
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The current phase of construction will create new private sector jobs -- and that won't just make a difference to all the people who get these jobs, it will make a difference to all those communities where they spend their paychecks.
Within the private sector, transportation and warehousing, and the construction industry saw the largest number deaths, with 711 and 721, respectively.
For example, in Ohio arcane and extremely inefficient rules (insisted upon by labor unions) have raised the cost of public construction well above that of private sector counterparts.
The project calls upon the private sector to take part in the social transformation by providing construction or renovation of the local soccer fields, which will stay in the community long after the cup is over.
When a local government decides to pursue environmentally aware construction policies for its own buildings, the private sector follows suit, according to new research by Timothy Simcoe and Michael W. Toffel.
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On the ground, construction continues at government-funded projects, by private sector companies and at unauthorised outposts, the groups say.
Underlying this economic recovery is an improvement in the state of private sector balance sheets, which contrasts with the traditional view that housing construction will lead the way out.
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Campaigners from Yesh Din said there was no sign of a slowdown on the ground, with construction continuing in government-funded projects, in the private sector and in unauthorised outposts.
The construction of new roads could also be taken on by the private sector.
Nonfarm payrolls added 236, 000 jobs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday morning, with the private sector adding 246, 000 and big gains in professional and business services, construction and health care.
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"With the construction sector still in a slump, the domestic economy, particularly private consumption, has a long way to go, " said Mr Oh of Standard Chartered.
Construction Sector DataThrough its cooperative data model, Sageworks collects financial statements for private companies from accounting firms, banks and credit unions, and aggregates the data at an approximate rate of 1, 000 statements a day.
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While the private sector assumes responsibility for capital costs and the risks involved such as cost and time overruns in construction or failure to deliver an agreed level of service, the local authority in return commits to regular payments.
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Private consumption grew 1% in the first quarter from the previous three month, while the construction sector continued to decline, contracting by 1%.
The Aliyev family is reported to have interests in just about every private sector (which does not include oil and gas in the public sector), including telecoms, construction, real estate, aviation, and mineral mines.
According to Goldman Sachs, construction and housing-related employment in both countries made up 13% of all private-sector jobs at the end of last year, against 9% in America and 5% in Germany.
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