Sentence examples for postponing construction from inspiring English sources

Many are announcing hiring freezes, postponing construction projects or putting off planned capital campaigns.

But the recession has meant postponing construction of a satellite of the Art Museum, which also was planned for the neighborhood, until after 2016.

For example, his plan for a $250 million condominium with nine floors and 300 apartments in Mineola has won local approvals, but he said he was postponing construction because of doubtful buyer demand in the near future.

The El Paso Corporation of Dallas gave similar reasons when it announced during the summer that it was postponing construction of a 640-mile natural gas pipeline from eastern Canada to New Jersey.

Chao told a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee that CMS and its contractors had focused on building HealthCare.gov so it could launch on Oct. 1, postponing construction of "the financial management aspects of the system".

The temporary ordinance is designed to serve as a holding action on development while the council tackles the difficult task of updating the city's 1979 Growth Management Plan, which sought to focus development in existing inner-city neighborhoods while postponing construction in undeveloped areas until later this century.

He postponed construction of the highway.

In recent months, at least seven states have postponed construction and openings of prisons.

Many communities are pockmarked with foreclosure signs and postponed construction projects.

And Corning, the leading maker of optical fiber, has postponed construction of a new fiber factory, citing slack demand.

Citing heavy opposition to the project, Mr. Medvedev postponed construction in August and called on officials to hold public discussions on how to proceed.