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Index to U.S. government periodicals ; American statistics index ; Public Affairs Information Service bulletin ; Predicasts ; Trade & industry index ; Business periodicals index ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Vols. for 1955-19 issued by: U.S. Business and Defense Services Administration, Building Materials and Construction Division and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Divivsion of Construction Statistics; 19 -1976 by: Construction and Forest Products Division (19 -73, Bureau of Competitive Assessment and Business Policy; 1974-76, Bureau of Domestic Commerce); 1977-198 by: Construction and Building Products Division (1977-Nov. 1977 under Domestic and International Business Administration; Dec. 1977-Dec. 1979 under Industry and Trade Administration; Jan. 1980-198 under Bureau of Industrial Economics); by: International Trade Administration. ; Continues: United States Labor Statistics Bureau. Building Construction; and: United States. National Production Authority. Construction and building materials. Industry report. (Both titles in Old Catalog)

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The construction industry remains a key pillar of the German economy. According to the latest construction volume calculations by DIW Berlin, the value of construction in 2014 and 2015 is forecast to grow far more rapidly than the economy as a whole: by a price-adjusted 3.3 percent and 2.1 percent in 2014 and 2015, respectively. Currently, new residential construction is an important engine for growth with the construction volume in this sector estimated to increase by almost 12 percent in 2014, in nominal terms. However, 2014 will also mark significant growth in construction on existing buildings. In addition to gains in residential construction, more positive developments are also currently being observed in commercial and public construction, following declines in these sectors in recent years. However, although residential construction is stable, the high growth rates observed in 2014 are unlikely to continue into 2015. Fears that construction price increases would be (too) strong, precisely in this sector, are not supported by the national average. However, the dynamic growth of new construction is expected to tail off appreciably. Moreover, largely as a result of the gloomy economic outlook, the commercial construction sector is also likely to record only moderate growth in construction volume. The highest increases for 2015 are expected in the public construction sector- although the investment program announced by the government is in fact likely to have very little impact, even if further relevant measures are implemented throughout the year.

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This paper investigates a set of five related constructions in Boro, called middle-like constructions, following Kemmer's (1993) semantic analytical framework of the middle voice. The paper presents a detailed analysis of these constructions, which include Spontaneous event constructions, Reciprocal and Collective constructions, Facilitative constructions, Reflexive-causative constructions, and Adversative constructions. These constructions share striking structural and functional features, including a morpheme za 'become, happen, take place', which is a verb in origin. The morpheme za 'become, happen, take place' can be characterized as a 'middle marker', which is used as a simple predicator in Spontaneous event constructions and as a serial verb in the other constructions. Functionally, these constructions express events in which there are either no construed agents or the agents are non-topical. Following Kemmer's semantic map approach, the event types are mapped onto the semantic transitivity continuum. What is notable in the semantic map of the Za constructions is that the area covered by Za constructions is not contiguous, which we would expect following principles like the Semantic Map Connectivity Hypothesis (Croft 2001: 96) and Semantic Map Continuity (Boye 2010).

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Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: The current situation. Chapter 3: Global trends in construction. Chapter 4: Vision of the construction industry for the 21st century. Chapter 5: Strategic thrust 1. Enhancing the professionalism of the industry. Chapter 6: Strategic thrust 2. Raising the skills level. Chapter 7: Strategic thrust 3: Improving industry practices and techniques. Chapter 8: Strategic thrust 4. An integrated approach to construction. Chapter 9: Strategic thrust 5. Developing an external wing. Chapter 10: Strategic thrust 6. A collective championing effort for the construction industry. Chapter 11: Vision in action - implementing construction 21