Sentence examples for backlog of construction from inspiring English sources
In Alberta's oil sands, and in neighbouring British Columbia, which is preparing for the 2010 Winter Olympics, there is a backlog of construction projects worth billions of dollars.
The result is what has been called "park barrel politics," which persists while the National Park Service maintains an estimated $9 billion backlog of construction and maintenance projects.
The company plans to spend $2.3 billion this year to add production capacity to deal with order backlogs of construction equipment and other products, a 35percentt increase.
The report says the economy should continue to grow because of continued economic gains in New York City, which affect the region, decreased reliance on manufacturing and a substantial backlog of nonresidential construction.
By contrast, in 1983, when vacancies began making a similar climb, a backlog of speculative construction kept the glut growing.
Right now the backlog of unmet maintenance and construction needs — repairs to crumbling bridges, roads, buildings, trails, sewer systems — exceeds $8 billion.
Appraisers, economists and brokers all cited as impediments to growth the troubled state of the national economy, the difficulty in getting mortgages and the backlog of condominiums in various stages of construction.
The president seeks a 12.7percentt cut in spending for the Army Corps of Engineers, to $4.2 billion, and he would halt construction of new projects while the agency tries to clear up a backlog of old projects, building dams and dredging harbors.
KB Home, the house building company, posted an unexpected quarterly profit on Friday and said its backlog of revenue from houses under construction rose to its highest level since the peak of the financial crisis.
What with record low interest rates, idle construction workers and a huge backlog of worthy projects, there has never been a better time to invest in infrastructure.
