The phrase "construction collapsed" is correct and usable in written English.
This phrase can be used to describe a situation in which a building or structure has fallen or been damaged due to a physical force, such as a storm or a structural failure. For example, "The construction of the new bridge collapsed in a severe thunderstorm."
Then the financial crisis hit, and housing construction collapsed.
Construction collapsed, which deprived the economy of a key source of slack-eliminating employment.
The highway bridge, which had been under construction, collapsed seconds before the train hit it.
Missed deadlines have officials racing to finish work, and a pedestrian bridge under construction collapsed this week, injuring 27 people.
Six workers were injured, one seriously, when second-floor scaffolding at a high school under construction collapsed yesterday morning.
A five-story building under construction collapsed last night in the Sao Paulo suburb of Guarulhos, although there were no immediate reports of casualties.
A construction crane collapsed Monday onto a construction site at an interstate bridge over the Maumee River, crushing a tractor-trailer and killing three workers, officials said.
Firefighters and building inspectors rushed to the scene of another construction collapse.
Outsiders are awed by the Balts' determination, though sceptical that the sacrifice will pay off.Still, while industries such as construction collapse, others, such as alternative energy, are growing.
If construction collapses, some of the industries that fed China's building rush will turn their attentions overseas, as they did in 2006.The future of China's export monster thus depends on whether China's high investment rate is sustainable.
Spain's construction collapse has also been costly for commercial banks, as underlined Thursday by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, which reported a decline of 39.5 percent in net profit from domestic operations last year, to €1.36 billion.
