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Collocations for construction - noun

1. roads/buildings

ADJECTIVE

large, massive
massive constructions of bamboo and paper
basic, simple
It has a basic construction of brick under a tiled roof.
complex
heavy
the heavy construction industry
solid
walls of solid construction
careful
The drainage system needs careful construction.
new
brick, concrete, steel, timber (esp. BrE), wood, wooden
a massive steel construction
a schoolhouse of brick construction
bridge, building, canal, highway (AmE), railroad (AmE), railway (BrE), road
Road and bridge construction is underway.
home (esp. AmE), house, housing, residential (AmE)

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VERB + construction

begin, start
complete
Construction of the new road has now been completed.
oversee

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construction + VERB

be underway

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construction + NOUN

industry, market (esp. AmE), sector
business, company, firm (esp. BrE), group
programme/program, project
contract
permit (AmE)
job
work
crew, manager, team, worker
site (esp. AmE), yard
costs
management, schedule (esp. AmE)
equipment (esp. AmE), materials
method, process, technique

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PREPOSITION

during (the) construction
Major engineering challenges will be faced during construction.
under construction
A new factory is under construction.

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2. grammar

ADJECTIVE

grammatical, linguistic, sentence, syntactic
active, passive

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