construction
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Balfour Beatty, the United Kingdom construction contractor, is a rare operator sitting on $1.6 billion in net cash and is helping build energy infrastructure in Britain.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Take construction: Hiring for these blue-collar trades jobs has risen in the past year despite a slumping housing market — something that almost never happens.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
Filings at Companies House suggest that Hemroc Ltd and linked companies are involved in construction and hospitality.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Employment rose across a number of industries in May, led by about a 27,000 rise in construction work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Interlocking loops of multicolored construction paper—six million of them for the six million Jewish lives snuffed out during the Holocaust.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
Vocabulary lists containing construction
Engineering - Introductory
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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Engineering - Middle School
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