Construction

Welcome to the Voice of America’s News Words.

This week’s news word is about an important industry.

Construction.

Where there are cranes and projects like this one in Washington’s Waterfront district, there are jobs.

Ken Simpson says construction employment is growing nearly twice as fast as the rest of the economy.

But the industry is at risk of stalling because there aren’t a lot of construction workers with skills available to be hired now.

Construction is the process of building something, like a house, bridge or road.

If someone does this for living, they are said to be in construction.

If something is being built, it is said to be under construction.