41.   The company, which makes steel rods used in construction, has been hurt by speculation that slowing Argentine growth would put the brakes on a construction boom.

42.   The irony is that a strong economy and a construction boom have created a shortage of building materials and construction crews throughout the country.

43.   The industry is enjoying record sales amid rising investment in factories and a construction boom in major cities.

44.   The larger oil companies have been buoyed by a strong export market and a domestic construction boom.

45.   The Palestinian population, drawn by the jobs available in the construction boom, is growing faster than that of the Jews.

46.   The steady increase in sailors at Bremerton has fueled an unprecedented construction boom inside the shipyard over the past two years.

47.   Then, in addition to safety issues, new natural-gas supplies and the deregulation of the generating industry led to a gas-plant construction boom.

48.   Washington also is having a construction boom.

49.   With a hotel construction boom on the horizon, they are confident it will.

50.   A construction boom has made all of central Beijing prime property, and practically all of Wangfujing has been committed to projects financed by Hong Kong developers.