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Construction glides steadily Construction work is resuming its upward arch after a slow start in January, shooting up 26.6 percent in February to 1.16 million square meters, registering a total of 2.07 million square meters of construction area authorized by building permits in the first two months of 2011. The most recent February figures, from the Order of Engineers in Beirut and Tripoli, show an 11.5 percent increase in the construction area authorized by permits relative to February of 2010, but the total amount of permits jumped almost 20 percent in comparison to the same period last year. The zone receiving the most construction activity remains Mount Lebanon, for which 682 permits were authorized in February, followed by the South and Bekaa regions. Construction area covered by permits up until February signifies 17 percent growth in comparison to the area covered by permits at this time in 2010. Some however