But it has seen a recent wave of construction and a resurgence of energy.
A long-awaited Russian component docked with the International Space Station tonight, marking what project planners hope will be a resurgence in construction of the orbital outpost.
R. Randy Lee, a developer and chairman of the Building Industry Association of New York, said low interest rates were driving the resurgence of construction for the middle class.
Martin Marietta Materials on Monday began a hostile $4.8 billion bid for its main rival, Vulcan Materials, betting on a resurgence in construction activity by seeking to create the biggest producer of crushed stone and gravel in the United States.
"The resurgence in construction has entrenched itself after a summer of blistering growth but builders should prepare for growing pains this autumn as the sector labours to recover lost capacity," said David Noble, group chief executive officer at the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, one of the groups behind the survey.
However, EIA data also shows a resurgence of construction of coal power plants during the first five years of the Obama administration.
To prepare residents for the resurgence in construction, California Department of Transportation officials are hosting a community meeting Wednesday evening in Glendale.
The New York State Association for Affordable Housing, an organization of for-profit builders, has appealed directly to Deputy Mayor Coles, saying in a letter dated May 25 that the Unified Bulk Program "will impede new housing construction, thwart neighborhood revitalization and undermine the economic resurgence initiated by this administration".
The construction projects have caused a "resurgence for the whole district," he added.
The first Cook Islander to qualify in medicine, Davis worked in the U.S. at NASA before returning to the Cooks, where he led a resurgence in the construction of traditional ocean-voyaging canoes.
B6 SCIENCE/HEALTH Arrival at Space Station A long-awaited Russian component docked with the International Space Station 230 miles above Kazakhstan, marking what planners hoped would be a resurgence in the construction of the orbital outpost.
