Sentence examples for numbers of construction from inspiring English sources

For decades, Las Vegas was the fastest-growing big city in the U.S., its expansion fuelled by a long housing boom that brought in huge numbers of construction jobs.

But the property story has a uniquely worrying twist for banks across America.That's because, in addition to offering commercial mortgages, regional and local banks also make huge numbers of "construction loans" to developers building malls, condominiums and other properties.

With the number of public school students continuing to rise -- from 1.1 million in 1994 to 1.4 million this year -- and the state's 600 school districts faced with deteriorating facilities, the districts have been using the lure of the state matching funds to persuade voters to adopt record numbers of construction bond issues.

Human rights groups have used figures showing high numbers of construction workers' deaths because they say much of Qatar's current construction boom is motivated by the World Cup, and so they claim deaths on projects such as roads and hotels should be included when monitoring fatalities.

In addition to the schools, programs and students themselves, the renovation projects would employ large numbers of construction workers.

While the construction boom caused the move of significant numbers of construction workers, mainly from the Indian Subcontinent, the real-estate associated services and the newly emerging economies led to the arrival of new migrant groups with medium to high income from different parts of the world.

The number of construction fatalities fell to 12 in 2007 from 18 in 2006.

In contrast, the number of construction inspections performed by the Building Department increased steadily over the past five years.

The mission will pack a large number of construction tasks into its two weeks.

The number of construction companies is still at a record high.

EDF is reducing the number of construction workers at the Somerset site from 650 to 250.