* August 13 – Construction of the Berlin Wall begins, restricting movement between East Berlin and West Berlin and forming a clear boundary between West Germany and East Germany, Western Europe and Eastern Europe.

* August 31 – Construction of the Berlin Wall is completed after just 18 days.

* Construction of Spandau Prison in Berlin is completed.

Construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 and Cuban Missile Crisis the following year witnessed heightened alert for soldiers stationed at Fort Riley.

Although it was never used in any official capacity by the Nazi government nor even by Hitler himself, it has since become synomynous with the Nazi-era construction plan for Berlin, which was cumbersomely dubbed the " Comprehensive Construction Plan for the Reich Capital " ( German: Gesamtbauplan für die Reichshauptstadt ).

The plan that Speer coordinated as ' Inspector General of Construction ' ( GBI ) for the centre of Berlin was based on Roman, not Greek, planning principles, which might or might not have been influenced by Roman-derived town plans in Fascist Italy.

Construction on the new extension to the Berlin Museum began in November 1992.

* Construction of the Schauspielhaus in Berlin ( completed 1821 ), designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, is begun.

* April 27 – Construction begins in Germany on the Berlin U-Bahn's U8 line extension to Paracelsus-Bad.

Between 1866 and 1871 he studied in Berlin in the Royal Academy of Construction.

CPM is project management that applies to the construction sector ( 3rd Forum ” International Construction Project Management ” 26th / 27 June 2003 in Berlin ).

The original main building was built between 1908 and 1913 by the Prussian Construction and Financial Direction of Berlin, then responsible for public constructions in the city.

Tatlin's tower started a period of exchange of ideas between Moscow and Berlin, something reinforced by El Lissitzky and Ilya Ehrenburg's Soviet-German magazine Veshch-Gegenstand-Objet which spread the idea of ' Construction art ', as did the Constructivist exhibits at the 1922 Russische Ausstellung in Berlin, organised by Lissitzky.

Construction of the Périphérique was begun in 1958 on the former site of the Thiers Wall ( the last remaining of the City walls of Paris ).

Construction began in 1966 with a segment between current-day Exit 6 in Wall Township and Exit 11 in Ocean Township.

* Video Overview of Slurry Wall Construction

Construction of the Mourne Wall was started in 1904 and was completed in 1922.

# Construction of a Porta Vaga Wall Replica

Construction on Hadrian's Wall was started 42 years after completion of the Gask Ridge ( from 122 to 130 CE ), and the Antonine Wall was started just 12 years after completion of Hadrian's Wall ( from 142 to 144 CE ).

* c. 122 Construction of Hadrian's Wall begins

Construction of Hadrian's Wall continued under his rule and the first phase was probably nearing completion.

** 271, Battle of Placentia, Battle of Fano, Battle of Pavia, Destruction of Alemannic army, Assassination of Gallic Emperor Victorinus, Emperor Aurelian repelled another Gothic invasion but abandoned the province of Dacia north of Danube forever, Construction of the Aurelian Wall begins.

Construction work on the Great South Wall and Bull Wall in Dublin Port changed the flow of water in Dublin Bay, threatening its existence, though it was in fact eventually destroyed by a large storm in 1844.

Construction on what would in time become the world famous Great Mosque of Córdoba was started circa the year 786.

Construction of the second line started in December 2008, which is due to be opened according to initial forecasts by the end of 2012.

Construction started in 1705 and the house was completed in 1722, the year of his death.

Construction of Gdynia seaport was started in 1921, but because of financial difficulties was conducted slowly and with interruptions.

For the Construction of RN7 Canada Pledge US $ 75 and IDB US $ 31 Million for the construction of the road which started in 2009 ; it did suffer major setback because of the earthquake also.

Construction started in 1977 and was completed in 1980.

In 1941, he started a company, Zuse Apparatebau ( Zuse Apparatus Construction ), to manufacture his machines.

The contract to build the tunnels was won by John Mowlem and Co. Construction of the tunnels started in February 1915 from a series of shafts.

Construction started in January 1943, and the first prototype was delivered in June 1943.

Construction started in 1840 and lasted for thirty years, suffering great delays and cost overruns, as well as the death of both leading architects ; works for the interior decoration continued intermittently well into the twentieth century.

In the 90s the new country started the ' National Programme of Highway Construction ', effectively re-using the old communist plans.

Construction of the outer big ring road started in 2011.

Construction on the French house was initially started before 1789, interrupted by the French Revolution for twenty years and then finally built 1812 – 1817 ( based on Salat's pre-1789 design ).

Construction started in 1952 and lasted until 1955.

* Construction started in 1998 on the International Space Station.

* Construction of the Dome of the Rock is started in Jerusalem.

Construction of Shasta Dam, the main dam on the Sacramento, started in 1938 and was completed in 1945.

Construction of the Chapel started in 1505, directed by its designer, Enrique Egas.

* 518 BC — Construction of Apadana ( audience hall ) of Darius and Xerxes, ceremonial complex, at Persepolis, Iran started.

Construction of this bridge started in 1876, and was completed in 1897.

Construction was started in 1973 and completed in 1979 at a cost of $ 139 Million.

Construction started on August 13, 1963, when Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson pulled a lever that signalled a front-end loader to dump the first batch of fill to enlarge Île Sainte-Hélène.

Having accomplished that, Chiang Ching-kuo proposed and the government then started state projects such as the Ten Major Construction Projects that provided the infrastructure for building a strong export-driven economy.

Construction started in 1853, and the temple was dedicated on April 6, 1893.