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Construction
Construction is the process of constructing a building or infrastructure. Construction differs from manufacturing in that manufacturing typically involves mass production of similar items without a designated purchaser, while construction typically takes place on location for a known client. Construction as an industry comprises six to nine percent of the gross domestic product of developed countries. Construction starts with planning, design, and financing; it continues until the project is built and ready for use.
Large-scale construction requires collaboration across multiple disciplines. A project manager normally manages the job, and a construction manager, design engineer, construction engineer or architect supervises it. Those involved with the design and execution must consider zoning requirements, environmental impact of the job, scheduling, budgeting, construction-site safety, availability and transportation of building materials, logistics, inconvenience to the public caused by construction delays and bidding. Large construction projects are sometimes referred to as megaprojects.
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Construction (noun)
The process of constructing.
“Construction is underway on the new bridge.”
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Construction (noun)
Anything that has been constructed.
“The engineer marvelled at his construction.”
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Construction (noun)
The trade of building structures.
“He had worked in construction all his life.”
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Construction (noun)
A building, model or some other structure.
“The office was a construction of steel and glass.”
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Construction (noun)
A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
“”Construction in string and clockwork” took first prize.”
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Construction (noun)
The manner in which something is built.
“A thing of simple construction.”
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Construction (noun)
A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
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Construction (noun)
The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
“American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.”
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Construction (noun)
The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
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Construction (noun)
A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.
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Installation (noun)
An act of installing.
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Installation (noun)
Something installed, especially the whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.
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Installation (noun)
A work of installation art.
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Installation (noun)
A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base