Sentence examples for hurt construction from inspiring English sources

Slower growth, which would mean a weaker housing sector, also hurt construction, down 11.56 percent, and appliances, down 10.83 percent.

The home builder Hovnanian Enterprises reported a quarterly net loss of $469 million on Tuesday as the deteriorating United States housing market hurt construction demand.

Weather also had an impact on various sectors of the economy, the report said, pointing out that cold weather hurt construction activity in some regions and that cold or dry weather hurt citrus, vegetable and winter wheat crops.

Bad weather hurt construction and limited consumer spending, keeping many Americans away from winter sales in January and February.

D5 NEW YORK/REGION D1-4 Traffic Delays at Bridges Are Hurting Construction City officials and construction executives are considering building concrete plants on the waterfront of Manhattan because traffic jams on the city's bridges have stalled the delivery of concrete to building sites and threatened the quality of the concrete itself.

But steel users in California are supplied by Asia and that is hurting construction," said Gary Hufbauer, senior fellow at the Institute for International Economics.

The disaster pushed back building efforts by two months, but no-one was hurt and construction was resumed.

Developers have been complaining that the rules, including limits on the purchase of second and subsequent apartments, have depressed demand and hurt the construction industry.

Small businesses, many of them owned by minorities and women, also could be hurt during construction and could find themselves unable to compete with new businesses that spring up.

The austerity drive could further slow economic growth in the world's top oil exporter and hurt the construction industry, where many companies are struggling with deteriorating cash flow and rising labour costs.

Robots can then inspect and repair structural damage without the chance of human workers getting hurt, making construction and maintenance safer for everyone.