But critics of the Government's policy say the accident reflects shoddy construction and poor safety standards.

Note: due to shoddy construction, by 1963 the tiles on the buildings' façades had started to fall off.

And like many others, he believed that shoddy construction was to blame.

The county's court dockets are filled with lawsuits against builders for shoddy construction.

There was a lot of shoddy construction in the 80's.

The shoddy construction of the house, which heretofore he never had noticed, oppressed him.

And one often heard about the shoddy construction of buildings, the falling plaster and so on.

The union representing building inspectors says that the changes would leave the city vulnerable to shoddy construction.

Co-op City has had problems related to shoddy construction.

The resultant shoddy construction may be referred to as a tofu-dreg project.