construction projects
Sites with cranes
Construction projects are undertakings to build, renovate, or demolish structures—from residential homes to highways to skyscrapers.
The term encompasses the full scope of planned work: design, permits, labor, materials, and timeline.
The construction project ran six months over schedule.
In business contexts, managing construction projects is its own discipline, balancing budgets, contractors, and regulations.
- ground breakingRadically innovative or original
- highwaysMajor intercity roads
- bridgesStructures spanning obstacles
- cost overrunsSpending beyond planned amounts
- change ordersFormal project revision requests
airports · feasibility study · residential buildings · heavy machinery · concrete pour · labor shortages · procurement · budget overrun · excavators · architects · quality assurance · punch list · contractors · commissioning · zoning · safety hazards · urban planning · cranes
- economic stimulusstimulus, stimulus package, stimulus packages, fiscal stimulus, economic relief
- international cooperationtreaties, trade blocs, trade deals, defense alliances, alliances
- Renaissance FlorenceMedici, Florence, Medici family, Donatello, Florentine Republic
construction projectsdemolition
Deliberate structural destruction
teardowns · wrecking · razing · deconstruction · teardown
construction projectsabandoned buildings
Structures left unoccupied, deteriorating
vacant lots · urban decay · blight · abandonment · dereliction
construction projectswilderness preservation
Protecting wild areas permanently
conservation land · green spaces · undeveloped land · nature reserves · open space