Sentence examples for drop in construction from inspiring English sources

The numbers show a massive drop in construction, which fell by 5.2%.

The decline in production was led by a 7.4percentt drop in construction.

But those gains were offset by a sharp drop in construction jobs.

Weather was quite cold in mid-December which could explain the 16,000 drop in construction jobs.

A startling drop in construction output was on its own enough to explain half the fall in GDP.

A breakdown of the statistics shows that a massive drop in construction by housing associations helped to depress starts.

Fortunately, contractors get plenty of warning if construction is shrinking because a drop-off in construction typically trails a decline in the economy by about a year.

When a couple of big projects wrapped up this year, the region saw one of the steepest drops in construction employment in the nation, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America.

TV crews mingled with drop-in protesters — construction workers on lunch break, a Canada Dry sales consultant from a nearby office — as people made announcements, using the human microphone.

And it's true that in the short run, the drop in home construction is not great for construction companies, homebuilders, equipment manufacturers, etc.

U.S. sales tumbled $450 million, or about 13%, due partly to a "steep drop in housing construction" and a decline in nonresidential building activity.