Construction
Meanings and phrases
construction
- the act of constructing something; building
- a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; grammatical construction; expression
- the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought; mental synthesis
- drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
- a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; structure
- an interpretation of a text or action; twist
- the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; building
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- an industry that builds housing; housing industry
- Most laser levels are used in the construction industry.
- All parties wanted to stimulate the construction industry.
- At the age of 22, he moved on to the construction industry.
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- a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc.; hard hat
- He was a construction worker by profession.
- He was the son of construction worker Ole Andersen and Josefine Hansen.
- He became a construction worker, bush worker and miner, and served in the military in 1918.
n.
- a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; construction; expression
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- the construction of roads
- The state has been a pioneer in road construction.
- Thus, the MCC would not complete road construction.
- The earthwork was destroyed in the 1880s by road construction.
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- By 1914 construction began on a local train depot.
- Its construction began in 1632 and ended in 1672.
- In 1937, construction began on a domed observatory.
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- The French then began construction of Fort Duquesne.
- GGP began construction on the mall in late 2017.
- It began construction in 2000 and was finished in 2003.
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- The construction work was completed in around 1931.
- Actual construction work began on March 15, 2018.
- A. Jones started construction work the following day.
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- Thomas Drew consulted on the design and construction.
- Leavitt's suit was of his own design and construction.
- It won the combined design and construction Saltire Award.
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- Not all public construction projects are functional.
- Xu Zhigao thus began palace construction projects at Jinling.
- During 2005, a number of major construction projects started in Darwin.
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- The unbuilt construction permit was sold to W.R.A.
- The construction permit was granted in February 1991.
- In 1992 the station had a construction permit for 2.5 kW.
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- In 1998, this treasure was found during construction works.
- This structure supported the stone arch during construction.
- The project employed about 6,000 people during construction.
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- It was razed in 1966 during the construction of Milford Lake.
- The Bay was created during the construction of the Rideau Canal.
- It was razed in 1966-1967 during the construction of Milford Lake.
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- In 1881, Carl Röchling began new construction.
- Afterwards, most new construction used bricks.
- The new construction was in the Gothic style.
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- Lok Fai (Bak Man-biu) is one of these construction company owners.
- Gaffney was a Tammany Hall alderman and construction company owner.
- By 1970 a Korean construction company was building three buildings.
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- They then kill the boss of the dam construction site.
- Test boring at the construction site commenced in July 1978.
- Ravi finds his father as a worker on a dam construction site.
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- These floods led to the construction of new flood defences for Exeter.
- These needs were met after the construction of new academic buildings in 1955.
- Viollet-le-Duc supervised the construction of new defensive works outside Paris.
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- The initial construction project had been rushed.
- Estimated RM7,000,000 is needed for the construction project
- Estimated RM7,000,000 is needed for the construction project.
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- Cacti are used as construction materials.
- He was involved in the production of construction materials.
- Horses and donkeys pull carts, primarily to transport construction materials.
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- General contractors often start out as construction workers.
- This is where the first construction workers of Brasília used to live.
- It soon became a recreation center for 1200 railroad construction workers.
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- Total construction costs for MOCC were $61.8 million.
- The construction costs ultimately totaled $1.5 million.
- Bishop Medley himself paid most of the construction costs.
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- It was only in 1947 that its construction was completed.
- Building construction was completed by P.W.
- The construction was completed in 1334.
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- It was added to several times since its original construction.
- The porch and vestry have been added since the original construction.
- The same stones from the original construction are still in place today.
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- The mosque's construction started on 30 August 2008.
- The construction started after the war in 1949.
- The Grönskär lighthouse construction started in 1769.
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- There are no extensions currently under construction.
- The area for Line 3 are currently under construction.
- A resort hotel is currently under construction.
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- He ordered the construction of the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore.
- Berwick first ordered the construction of a line of circumvallation.
- He ordered the construction of the large Taynal Mosque in Tripoli in 1336.
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- The total construction cost was 35,180,000 Yuan RMB.
- The construction cost is budgeted at US$300 million.
- The total construction cost was $28.2 million.
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- The construction works were completed in April 2003.
- The construction works are planned to begin in 2019.
- The construction works are estimated to cost up to €307m.
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- The school was still under construction.
- Many were still under construction when the war ended in 1945.
- Some provincial expressway routes are still under construction.
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- The JMSDF started construction of a since FY1977.
- The EMG-5 started construction before March 2012.
- It started construction in 2005 and opened in 2009.
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- Phase 2 did not begin construction.
- Authorization to begin construction was given by public law on 9 June 1960.
- They hope to begin construction in 2019 with a completion date of fall 2020.
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- , the construction rate of new housing units was 5 new units per 1000 residents.
- , the construction rate of new housing units was 6.5 new units per 1000 residents.
- , the construction rate of new housing units was 6.2 new units per 1000 residents.
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- Improved construction techniques were also requested.
- Yet in other countries canals grew in size as construction techniques improved.
- Earth is the most typical fill material used in bag-wall construction techniques.
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- Contracts were let for building construction in September 1931.
- It introduced powerful parametric tools for plant modeling and building construction.
- The building construction work started with the funds from Sri Subash Nayak, the then-M.P.
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- This included the construction of major portions of Manhattan's East River Drive.
- The original development of Crane Island included the construction of an airstrip.
- This included the construction of an extra incineration line at the Teesside plant.
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- This was later relocated due to railway construction.
- The railway construction is being undertaken as 13 individual projects.
- Gigot came to Canada in 1864 and was employed in railway construction until 1873.
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- The estimated cost of construction was £3 million.
- The total cost of construction was $17.2 million.
- The cost of construction was estimated at £240,000.
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- He oversaw the construction of a church in Turin, .
- Beightler oversaw the construction and completion of the Ohio Turnpike.
- He oversaw the construction of telephone cables from Brest, France to Dakar, Senegal.
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- In October 2001 a £7.5 million redevelopment of The Place, including the construction of six new dance studios, was completed.
- In 1993, architect Hans Kollhoff's master plan for a major redevelopment including the construction of several skyscrapers was published.
- Since this move, the campus has expanded several times, including the construction of a new upper school building in 2000 and a theatre in 2010.
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- who worked at construction sites at Ukrainian territory.
- ", cycling, construction sites, etc.).
- These trailers are often seen on agricultural fields or at road construction sites.
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- IGSU is accountable for the construction and maintenance of public ABC shelters.
- Privatization may also extend to all levels of infrastructure construction and maintenance.
- In recent years, Greece has become a leader in the construction and maintenance of luxury yachts.
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- she has a beam of and a draft of at the time of construction.
- There is no estimated time of construction for any of these churches.
- At the time of construction, Indiana Avenue was called Mechanics Street.
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- Nevertheless, the casino was approved for construction and operation.
- Building construction and operation (electricity usage, heating, etc.)
- Despite the cost of its construction and operation the tunnel is not tolled.
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- Clay is an ideal construction material for combinations with heating and cooling.
- By the mid-1870s steel was used as a construction material alongside iron and wood.
- Beavers do not necessarily use the same trees as construction material and as food.
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- Many large construction companies operate in the town as well.
- Kazic has since worked with several construction companies in Germany.
- Ivone Grassetto, owner of one of the biggest Italian construction companies.
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- Now the toll has entered the construction phase.
- to enable the Stanhope Scheme to commence its construction phase.
- The project is now in the construction phase and due to open mid 2018.
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- The seventh, TK-210, was scrapped before construction was finished).
- Even before construction, property values began to rise on the west side.
- The site, which was marshy and uneven, was drained and filled in before construction began.
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- Dar es Salaam has had a major construction boom.
- During 2005, a number of major construction projects started in Darwin.
- In the early 21st century, the city has had more major construction in the downtown area.
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- Local contractors completed construction two years later.
- The railroad had only just completed construction of its docks at Aspinwall.
- In 2006, the company Bouygues completed construction of the first Ice Palace.
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- Volunteers started to acquire additional railroad and construction equipment.
- There was a variety of construction equipment, mobile bridging, trucks, and prime movers.
- All the construction equipment required, along with trained operators, had to be brought in.
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- The cathedral was finished in 1888 after 25 years of construction.
- It was opened in June 1999, after 2 years of construction, and covered .
- The 600 MW plant began power generation in July 2012 after four years of construction.
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- The initial construction project had been rushed.
- The reason for the initial construction of the logo is contested.
- A number of alterations have taken place since the initial construction.
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- In 1645, the Great Fifth began the construction of the Potala Palace in Lhasa.
- For this insult, Dakodonu killed Dan and began the construction of his palace on the spot.
- Württemberg began the construction from Ulm to Mengen, while Baden delayed its part of the project.
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- The construction methods created suspicion to state examiners.
- Walls were erected by one of the following three construction methods.
- Some of the outbuildings stand on older foundations than what their construction methods suggest.
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- George Wimpey George Wimpey was a British construction firm.
- The facility was built by Kozuva, a private Turkish construction firm.
- Local construction firm Hall & Boyce received $5,377 to complete the church.
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- The builder commissioned a time study of the construction process.
- Taiko are categorized into three types based on construction process.
- There were several other controversies related to the construction process.
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- UJA continues to fundraise to begin the second phase of construction.
- The smaller northern prayer hall dates to the first phase of construction.
- The first phase of construction is budgeted to cost US$1.6 million (approx.
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- An earlier construction date in the 2nd or cannot therefore be excluded.
- The construction date of "1741" is scratched in a brick above the side door.
- The actual construction date is unknown, but believed to be around 1880-1900.
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- It was a wooden frame construction at a cost of $1,250.
- From then on, New York thoroughly embraced skeleton frame construction.
- It is of heavy timber frame construction, and features large arched double hung windows.
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- The 14th and 15th centuries mark the construction of several chapels.
- In former times, this promoted the construction of several water mills along its course.
- In 2015, the school completed the construction of several new classrooms and an additional storey.
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- The construction contract was won by S. R. Haworth for $31,300.
- The MBTA awarded a $22.5 million construction contract in August 2019.
- In that case, it was noted that the firm ceased construction contract work in 1966.
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- He had personally supervised the construction of Smt.
- He supervised the construction of the temple.
- In 1322, master Fashi () supervised the construction of the temple.
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- The plant was renamed from Twin Oak to Oak Grove when construction restarted in 2007 by Luminant.
- The building was moved 30 meters to the southeast, and was moved back when construction was completed.
- Municipal by-laws restricted new housing to existing residents until 1989, when construction was again permitted.
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- In 2007 he admitted being in construction business.
- He now runs a construction business in London.
- He owns oil and construction business inside the KSA and in several other countries.
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- Trial pits are dug before the construction.
- It was called "Diepensee" before the construction of the line from Grünau.
- The Straßenmühle was built in 1714, two years before the construction of the present Protestant church.
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- It was the longest tunnel in the world until the construction of Biassa II tunnel, La Spezia, Italy.
- It was the tallest together with the UOB Plaza and Republic Plaza until the construction of Guoco Tower in 2016.
- It was the home of Beitar Jerusalem Football Club until the construction of Teddy Stadium in Malha in the 1990s.
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- The rapid pace of bridge construction has continued.
- The shallow river banks meant difficulties in any bridge construction.
- In recent years, integral bridge construction has also become popular.
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- The construction period is 21 months.
- During the construction period, about 750 new jobs are expected to be created.
- Construction began in 1997 and planned a construction period of about three years.
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- 1874 saw the construction of the first breakwater.
- 1335 saw the construction of the south aisle of the chapel.
- 1475 saw the construction of the north crossing of the transept.
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- Its simple wooden construction demands less care and maintenance than a katana.
- Two-spar rectangular wing of wooden construction, canvas and plywood covered, were fitted.
- Two-spar rectangular wing of wooden construction, covered with canvas and plywood in front.
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- Archibald Robertson supervised the planning and construction of Fort Bute.
- These disciplines allowed for the planning and construction of power plants.
- The planning and construction supervision was Schlaich, Berger and Partner, Stuttgart.
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- The construction took little more than a year.
- This construction took the form of the Davis Diamond complex.
- The construction took four years and lasted from 1981 to 1984.
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- Historians cannot agree on its date of construction.
- Opinion differs as to its date of construction.
- The estimated date of construction is around the 5th century AD.
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- This process anticipates a start of construction in 2017.
- This protest may have delayed the start of construction on Contract B.
- The following year saw the groundbreaking and start of construction for Tower Hall.
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- A 936 km railroad construction program, the Trans-Gabon Railway, began in October 1974.
- That year, Stosch's naval construction program called for a tender for the new torpedo boats.
- Trujillo also carried out an important housing construction program and instituted a pension plan.
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- After the highway construction, developments and infrastructures followed around the VDC areas.
- CLSM as a highway construction material is becoming more widespread throughout the United States.
- Brazil's railway system has been declining since 1945, when emphasis shifted to highway construction.
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- They also assist in school construction.
- The school construction was started in 1989 and the first block was completed in 1991, hence opening on 1 December 1990.
- The number of district employees has been rising in recent years due to new school construction, and the expansion of existing schools.
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- It soon became a recreation center for 1200 railroad construction workers.
- He had previously gained experience in railroad construction in the American Midwest.
- A 936 km railroad construction program, the Trans-Gabon Railway, began in October 1974.
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- Dar es Salaam has had a major construction boom.
- In the following years, Erfurt saw a construction boom.
- As a result, South Brisbane experienced a construction boom.
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- Forest products are mainly logs used in construction.
- The timber is locally used in construction.
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- The construction time was a record breaking 14 months.
- Initial factory estimated construction time was 1200 hours.
- This meant there was a significant decrease in the construction time.
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- He participated in the construction of many churches in Naples.
- In recent years the village has rapidly increased in size with the construction of many new homes.
- Nevertheless, they supported Hugh before he left Ireland in the construction of many castles in Leinster.
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- So, although the first batch of twenty were allocated Earl names, following the construction and naming of no.
- Its former rural community partly remains following the construction of nearby motorways and gravel pit extraction.
- The last traces of the perimeter of the structure were destroyed in 2000 following the construction of new industrial buildings.
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- The original brick construction is in poor repair.
- The station's two chimneys were each high and of brick construction.
- After this time the settlement was very poor and used dried brick construction.
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- Al-Mansur left Baghdad, whose construction he was supervising, for Kufa.
- The version at Disneyland is the only Disney castle whose construction was overseen by Walt Disney.
- For the Basilica della Ghiara (whose construction only started 1597), he painted a facade ("dell Occa").
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- They then kill the boss of the dam construction site.
- Ravi finds his father as a worker on a dam construction site.
- They telephone a dam construction site and offer themselves as prostitutes.
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- In november 2016, Tampere city council approved the construction of a new light rail system.
- In 2012, the Aquino government approved the construction of the second phase of the Casecnan project.
- Which is named after the previous principal Ian MacDonald who approved the construction of the building.
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- It is on the outskirts of the town of Copperopolis, and it is in a zone slated for residential construction.
- Some newer residential construction may also be found along the Woodward corridor, and in the far west and northeast.
- In this example, the progress of three residential construction projects are compared by aligning the starting dates.
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- Two bridges were built in tubular steel construction.
- Stainless steel construction is used for some sub-variants.
- They were of steel construction.
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- Menshikov assigned overall construction management to Ivan Zarudny.
- Project and construction management was handled by Constech Management Group.
- The contract includes the design, construction management and project management of the facilities.
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- is a firm that provides architecture, engineering and construction services.
- Its founders included engineering and construction companies, intending to promote the Severn Barrage.
- U.S. engineering and construction firm Fluor Corporation was awarded the offsites and utilities contract.
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- The construction method gave way to bending rather than cutting the radius.
- Cold moulding is a modern construction method, using wood as the structural component.
- While at Renkus Heinz, Jonas Renkus patented a new triple lamination construction method in 1980.
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- Soon the land was purchased and construction commenced.
- The construction commenced at the new locale during March 1922.
- The construction commenced in 1596.
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- The route's JFK Terminus was moved to Terminal 5 on May 30, 2012, due to construction at Terminal 4.
- Hereke station was closed down on 1 February 2012 due to construction of the Ankara-Istanbul high-speed railway.
- Köseköy station was closed down on 1 February 2012 due to construction of the Ankara-Istanbul high-speed railway.
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- The actual construction date is unknown, but believed to be around 1880-1900.
- Duluth's bridge was inspired by the one in France, though the actual construction is quite different.
- The actual construction was done by two Dutch (joint venture) specialist companies, Van Oord and Boskalis.
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- The Brazeau Reservoir was created on the lower course through the construction of the Brazeau Dam.
- King Lothar secured the south of the archbishopric through the construction of a series of castles.
- The project will create a new lane of traffic along the Canal through the construction of a new set of locks.
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- The abutments, wing walls, and piers are all of concrete construction.
- The main shed was now of concrete construction long and wide across 13 tracks.
- This one was a concrete construction on an embankment to serve the village of Ilton.
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- The orphan tax was used to fund the construction of the Exeter canal.
- Croatian singer Marko Perković, who was born in Čavoglave, helped fund the construction of this church.
- They donated €7,000 to the local community to thank them for the hospitality, and to fund the construction of a pedestrian plaza.
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- Ms. "Haai", which was then under construction.
- The issue of what was tallest became moot when Burj Khalifa, then under construction, exceeded the height of the CN Tower in 2007 (see below).
- Fourteen further examples were then under construction and appeared under Thompson's successor Arthur Peppercorn, between July 1946 and September 1947.
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- The club plan to move to a new stadium, though this is yet to start construction.
- Four other routes were planned to start construction in 2011 and to be finished by around 2020.
- Meanwhile, the government of Malawi was negotiating for international funding to start construction.