mill construction

American  

noun

1. heavy, fire-resistant timber construction within masonry walls, all vertical communication being within masonry towers provided with fire doors.

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Example Sentences

“This gem of a building is getting a 100-year upgrade,” said Ben Southworth of Garland Mill, construction manager of the renovations to the 11,000 square-foot building.

From Washington Times

The fence was built to “leave the reporter with the misimpression that mill construction had begun,” the report said.

From Washington Times

“Our plan is to make Maryland’s 149 opportunity zones the most competitive ones in America,” Hogan said while standing in front of the Walbrook Mill construction site, an opportunity zone project that will convert an old lumber mill in West Baltimore into a residential and commercial hub near Coppin State University.

From Washington Post

"The company's routine estate operations are continuing under the supervision of local managers. However, tasks that require technical knowledge of expatriates such as mill construction and planting, have been affected," a spokesman said.

From Reuters

In presenting before you some of the salient features of modern mill construction, I have endeavored to show the various steps of progress leading up to the development of the present types of design, as well as some of the methods of construction in present use.

From Project Gutenberg