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The phrase "a construction dig" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a site where construction work is taking place, particularly excavation work.
Example: "The city has announced plans to begin a construction dig for the new subway line next month."
Alternatives: "a construction site" or "an excavation site".
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Live Science reports that eight fossilized peach pits found during a construction dig in Southwestern China are more than 2.6 million years old—so old their seeds have been replaced with iron, according to a study published in Nature Scientific Reports.
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A construction worker digging a foundation in Brooklyn was killed on Wednesday when part of a wall from the building next door collapsed on him.
With military garrisons come almost casual damage — from foot and vehicular traffic, makeshift construction, digging for bunkers and sandbags, the use of open latrines, graffiti and more — as well as the risks to the ruins from bombs and bullets.
From up close, the answer seems to be that the air probably shouldn't be too bad — if traffic restrictions succeed in keeping half of the three million private cars off the streets, if factories do curb production, if construction digging does halt on schedule, if the wind blows from the north instead of the industrial south and southeast.
Interestingly, Ccnd2−/− mice reportedly also showed deficits in species-specific behaviors such as nest construction, digging and marble burying (Jedynak et al. 2012).
During the construction, digging of the foundation, fetching water; they call it communal labor, whenever they announced all members of the community came out to work at the small hospital [CHPS compound]." (Community health Volunteer, KNW District) Respondents stated that communities participated in weighing children, providing health education, and treating minor ailments.
When conservationists were alerted, they called on a construction company to dig out a path for the animal.
"It was a construction crew; they dug up the area in a square, put in footings and poured concrete, and put in the pipe last.
A construction worker was dug out of a sewer ditch where he was buried for 15 hours on Monday, and he was in critical condition after surgery today.
It was imposed for fear that Boston would get congested during the Big Dig, a construction project.
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