Construction and services are boosted by strong domestic demand.
Sharp declines appeared in the country's industrial, construction and services sectors.
Construction and services, rather than oil, will drive growth in Africa's biggest economy.
Bangalore officials say each tech job produces 6.5 support jobs, in construction and services.
Colonial, based in Richmond, provides heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, plumbing, and process piping construction and services.
Both construction and services have grown enormously in recent years and have become big engines of employment growth.
Third-quarter growth, Mr. Jin said, "was driven mostly by increases in construction and services due to government measures".
The figures reflect faster economic growth leading to hiring in the construction and services industries, analysts said.
Surveys from the manufacturing, construction and services sectors in the UK suggest the economy has started to slow.
Balfour Beatty P.L.C., an international engineering, construction and services group, said yesterday that it had acquired Integral Technologies Inc. for up to $50 million.
