The term was coined by Bertrand Meyer in connection with his design of the Eiffel programming language and first described in various articles starting in 1986 and the two successive editions ( 1988, 1997 ) of his book Object-Oriented Software Construction.

Construction began in 1898 on the Trans-Siberian Railway connecting Chita and Vladivostok, starting at each end and meeting halfway.

Construction didn't even begin until a month before Opening Day ; after starting the season on a long road trip, the Blue Sox managed to sell out their home opener in late May, with thousands of fans turned away.

Construction began on March 31, 1922, with a crew of workers starting digging at the corner of Canal Street and West Street.

Construction of the dual three-lane motorway began at Warwick in October 1987, with work on the section around Banbury starting in February 1988, and finally the section north of Oxford in July 1989.

The JET facilities are situated on a retired Navy airfield near Culham, Oxfordshire – RNAS Culham ( HMS Hornbill ), in the UK: the construction of the buildings which house the project was undertaken by Tarmac Construction, starting in 1978 with the Torus Hall being completed in January 1982.

Construction starting in Milnrow, 1968

Construction of the Mittelland Canal was started in 1906, starting from Bergeshövede ( municipality Hörstel ) on the Dortmund-Ems Canal.

Construction of the Toronto and Vancouver systems proceeded apace, with the Scarborough RT opening for service on 22 March 1985, followed by the SkyTrain on 11 December 1985, with passenger service starting in January.

Construction was undertaken by the Dominion Bridge Company starting in 1925 and completed in 1930.

The road starting from Alabang Viaduct in Muntinlupa up to Calamba forms the South Luzon Tollway, handled by the South Luzon Tollway Corporation, a joint venture of the Philippine National Construction Corporation and the SMC-backed Citra group of Indonesia.

Construction of Interstate 394 occurred mainly in the 1980s, starting at the western terminus in Minnetonka and opening in sections toward downtown Minneapolis throughout the late 1980s.

Its most memorable line was borrowed from an old popular expression " One can only afford to be moral on a full stomach " which struck a chord with the people trying to eke out a living in increasingly dire economic circumstances under the rule of the BSPP, and implemented by the Socialist Economy Construction Committee ( hsa sa ta ka ), starting with nationalisation of all businesses, dubbed ' capitalist ', across the board.

Construction began with track being installed starting at the Reno end of the line.

Construction progressed slowly, starting in 1960 near Orange.

Construction is expected to take 18 months starting in the spring of 2012, during which time the station will remain open.

Construction was planned to begin in 2005 with service starting in 2008.

Construction of the Toronto and Vancouver systems proceeded apace, with the Scarborough RT opening for service on 22 March 1985, followed by the Vancouver SkyTrain on 11 December 1985, with passenger service starting in January.

Construction was delayed by funding problems in the early 1930s, solved by federal Works Progress Administration funding starting in 1936.

During and after studying sociology at Shiraz University and University of Tehran, but before starting his political career in Tehran, Nabavi also worked as a school teacher, and taught philosophy in the Jihad for Construction ( جهاد سازندگی ) effort.

The Modular Approach to Software Construction Operation and Test ( MASCOT ) is a software engineering methodology developed under the auspices of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence starting in the early 1970s at the Royal Radar Establishment and continuing its evolution over the next twenty years.

Construction lasted for roughly six years starting in mid-2005 and ended at the end of October, 2011.

The centre as eventually built was designed by Powell Moya & Partners and constructed by Bovis Construction with work starting in 1981 ; it was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1986.

A Hong Kong building boom in the mid 1970s saw Jardine's buy Gammon Construction, the largest construction and civil engineering group on the island.

Construction with Argentina of the Salto Grande Dam across the Río Uruguay north of Salto was a major boost to the development of the northern litoral in the 1970s.

Construction began in the 1970s on an urban renewal project known as the " Pontiac Plan ".

Construction in the area began in the 1970s.

A simpler system was proposed in the 1970s by the Pirelli Construction Co consisting of a single wire embedded at each support for of its length in a clipped extruded aluminum beam with the wire contact face exposed.

Construction of the facility began in the early 1970s, it was finished in January 1973, and inaugurated in February of that year by the Fania All-Stars.

Also of note in the 1970s, Bechtel was selected to provide Construction Management services, equipment procurement and management, and quality control services on the Trans Alaska Pipeline, an 800-mile long, 48-inch diameter pipeline project which was the largest privately funded project in North America at a total cost of $ 8. 3 Billion.

The parish, largely built by Monsell Youell Construction Ltd in the 1970s, has a population of 1, 889.

The new airport opened ( with Terminal 1 ) on February 26, 1979, as part of the Ten Major Construction Projects pursued by the government in the 1970s.

Construction surged dramatically during the 1960s and 1970s, until the formerly low-rise City consisted almost entirely of buildings with 10 stories or more ( with the notable exception of the Yamen in its center ).

Construction began in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Further north, there is another section of 1970s dual carriageway road between Puckeridge and Buntingford, the contract for which was awarded to Meres Construction Ltd in April 1972.

Hyundai Construction played a major role in the importation of Korean labourers to the Middle East to work on construction projects there in the 1970s and 1980s ; in the decade following 1975, when Hyundai signed their first contract in the region, for construction of a shipyard for the Iranian Navy near Bandar-e Abbas, 800, 000 Koreans went to work in Saudi Arabia, and another 25, 000 went to Iran ; Hyundai was their largest employer.

Construction of the second line began in the early 1970s and the first three stations were opened in 1976.

Construction on a bypass of this segment of NY 5 began in the early 1970s and was completed between NY 695 and Genesee Street by 1977.

The East German government remained wary of Müller in subsequent years, preventing the premiere of Der Bau ( Construction Site ) in 1965 and censoring his Mauser in the early 1970s.

Construction costs of the of the project's first phase in the 1970s and 80s amounted to $ 13. 7 billion ( 1987 Canadian dollars ).

In the 1970s, members participated in mass civil disobedience organized by the United Construction Workers Association to break the color line in the all-white building trades.

Construction on the missing section of the Outer Loop's southern half began in the late 1970s.

During the 1970s, the government spent 5 years carrying out Ten Major Construction Projects.

Construction flourished between the 1960s and 1970s, with massive yet minimal villas and condos erected.

Construction resumed in the 1970s when the Marcos administration set aside the location for the Batasang Pambansa.

The Generation Design and Construction Division of the CEGB became the centre of a new office development when it moved here in the early 1970s.

By the late 1970s Middleton Hall and the surrounding estate came under the ownership of the Amey Roadstone Construction ( ARC ) for sand and gravel extraction.