Some construction executives cite a stubborn resistance in their industry to any new approaches to business.

He told a construction executive to call the designers.

Companies that refused to "play the game," said one construction executive who has not been implicated, did not get any work.

She is an interior decorator, he a construction executive, and business was not exactly booming.

Bankers and construction executives say, though, that the changes have had only limited effect.

Building costs have dropped to where they were in the mid-80's, construction executives say.

His father, a construction executive, died when Palau was 10.

Most construction executives say they view the problems as transitory.

And yet, across the country, construction executives are clicking their heels.

He worked as an engineer and a construction executive and real estate developer.