Construction work on the Gaillard Cut, in 1907 photograph.

At his inauguration, O ' Dwyer celebrated to the song, " It's a Great Day for the Irish ," and addressed the 700 people gathered in Council Chambers at City Hall: " It is our high purpose to devote our whole time, our whole energy to do good work ..." He established the Office of City Construction Coordinator, appointing Robert Moses to the post, worked to have the permanent home of the United Nations located in Manhattan, presided over the first billion-dollar New York City budget, created a traffic department and raised the subway fare from five cents to ten cents.

* Construction work begins in 1059 on the Parma Cathedral of Italy.

* Construction work is completed on the Citadelle Laferrière in Haiti, the largest fortification in the Americas.

Construction work on Shasta Dam in June 1942

Parallel to the Germans, Russian Constructivist artists such as El Lissitzky, Aleksandr Rodchenko and the husband-and-wife team of Gustav Klutsis and Valentina Kulagina created pioneering photomontage work as propaganda, such as the journal USSR in Construction, for the Soviet government.

Construction work began in 1898 and continued till 1912.

* Criterion C, " Design / Construction ," concerns the distinctive characteristics of the building by its architecture and construction, including having great artistic value or being the work of a master.

Construction was done by hand ; using explosives, pick and shovel, wheel barrows, and some small machinery, and was at times perilous, with several workers killed on the job ; the final sections along steep coastal mountains being the most difficult to work on.

Construction work began in 1891, but it was haphazard and the first trains between Alcañiz and Tortosa began only in 1942.

Construction work immediately upgraded Loches into a huge military fortress.

Elizabethtown is home to Continental Press, White Oak Mills ( an animal feed plant ), Elizabethtown College, the Masonic Village, a large Masterfoods USA ( a division of Mars, Incorporated ) plant, Messick's Farm and Construction Equipment, and numerous smaller businesses .< sup ></ sup > Many residents commute to the nearby cities of Harrisburg and Lancaster for work.

Construction work of the bridge began in May 1992 and ended in May 1997.

Construction work at the Bagno del Papa was continued on through the reigns of several popes who followed Nicholas V. The Vatican account books make mention of payments " for building done at the bath palace of Viterbo " during the reigns of Calixtus III, Paul II, and Sixtus IV.

Construction work on the Great Yarmouth Outer Harbour began in June 2007 and was completed by 2009, it is a deep-water harbour on the North Sea.

Construction work for MOL began at Space Launch Complex 6 ( SLC-6 ) on South Vandenberg in March 1966.

A new steeple was erected in 2002 with funds provided by Ethel S. Joyner, and work done by Graves Construction.

Construction work on the church began, and it was consecrated in 1201.

Construction of the Natchez Trace began in 1802, and work continued on improving the road until it was officially declared complete in 1809.

The layout of the city was the work of engineer General Grenville M. Dodge of the California Construction Company.

Construction work is due to start in September 2013.

Construction resumed in 1890 when the project was transferred to a Greek company, and was finally completed on 25 July 1893 after eleven years ' work.

Construction, maintenance, and repair work of telecommunications plant involves potentially dangerous situations since the work is often performed

Construction work on the whole line began immediately.

* 1173 – Construction of the campanile of the cathedral of Pisa ( now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa ) begins ; it will take two centuries to complete.

* 1420 – Construction of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore begins in Florence.

* 2006 – Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City.

* 1795 – Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada ( present-day Toronto, Ontario ).

* 1994 – Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River.

* 1920 – Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.

* 2009 – Construction begins on the new Lansing City Market along the Grand River and the river trail in downtown Lansing.

* 1782 – Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.

* 1872 – Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins ; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.

* 1975 – Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.

* 1909 – Construction of the ill fated RMS Titanic begins.

* 1887 – Construction of the Manchester Ship Canal begins at Eastham.

* September 21 – Construction of the Rideau Canal begins in Canada.

* December 16 – Construction begins on the RMS Olympic at the Harland and Wolff Shipyards in Belfast.

* March – Construction begins on the Badger Army Ammunition Plant ( the largest in the United States during WWII ).

* Construction begins on the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine, in 1037.

* Construction of Richmond Castle in England begins in 1071.

* Construction begins on the Sassovivo Abbey of Foligno, Italy, in 1070.

* Construction of the Ponte della Maddalena bridge in the Province of Lucca, Italy begins in 1080.

* Construction begins on the Bagrati Cathedral in Georgia in 1003.

* Construction begins on the Great Zimbabwe National Monument, sometime in the century.

* Construction begins on the San Pietro in Vinculis in Pisa, Italy, in 1072.

* Construction begins on the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain in 1075.

* Construction of Moscow's Ostankino Tower begins.