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He noted that international buyers account for a large portion of the South Florida market—nearly half of those for new construction, preconstruction and condo-conversion sales, according to the Miami Association of Realtors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The 38-member board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is set to consider approving $141.6 million for planning and preconstruction costs at its Dec. 10 meeting.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

In a 2020 paper, they reported that water was mixing there at 89 times the preconstruction rate.

From Scientific American • Apr. 1, 2022

Department of Veterans Affairs list of priority projects, now needs $2.5 million in state appropriations to begin the design and preconstruction phase.

From Washington Times • Jan. 29, 2020

In a system where every position proceeds from a scientific preconstruction, a power acting exclusively in length, would be magnetism by virtue of our own definition of the term.

From Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor