ABSTRACT
Not every country manufactures automobiles. Not every country mines coal. But every country has a construction industry. Unlike other activities, construction cannot be relocated to other countries, at least not in its end stages. Buildings and infrastructures are constructed in a specific space and are to some extent unique products. In terms of labour, this means that workers are constantly on the move in search of work and activity levels are constantly fluctuating, thereby reinforcing the already turbulent nature of employment in the sector. Analyses of industrial processes tend to focus on the impact that globalisation and economic integration have on each territory's industrial specialisation of each territory; in the case of construction, on the other hand, the object of study is their impact on the labour movements they generate (Bosch and Philips 2003a).
