Publicly funded construction and Public works

Public works and publicly funded construction are semantically related In some cases you can replace phrase "Public works" with "Publicly funded construction", this phrases are similar.

Public works noun - Structures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks) constructed at government expense for public use.

Publicly funded construction and public works are semantically related in government-funded construction topic. You can use "Publicly funded construction" instead a noun phrase "Public works".