constructional

construction +‎ -al

constructional (comparative more constructional, superlative most constructional)

1. Of, pertaining to, or obtained by construction.
   • 1862, Alexander Penrose Forbes, Sermons on the grace of God and other cognate subjects:

     What mortal conception of constructional power and grace can equal the gothic cathedral of the middle age, in which we see a proportion and a delicacy . . .

   • 1869 The universal decorator

     No other constructional features projecting from the walls occur in any of these buildings, with the single exception of buttresses

   • 1941 March, “Notes and News: Modernising a Main Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 133:

     To keep constructional costs to a minimum track formations were narrower than is now customary, many tunnels were unlined, timber was largely used for bridging, and 85 lb. per yd. rails were regarded as adequate.

   • 1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 125:

     The bodywork employs, where possible, the same constructional methods as for the standard B.R. coaching stock, in order to utilise existing jigs and press tools.

   • 1961 October, ""Voyageur"", “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 598:

     After some quite speedy constructional work the line was opened to traffic on January 2, 1865.

• “constructional”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.