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Developers have announced plans to build a new tower in Dubai to surpass the 828m high Burj Khalifa, currently the world’s tallest building. Emaar Properties enlisted architect Santiago Calatrava to design the tower project, which will be anchored with a complex mesh of cables.
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A 168-square-foot house complete with a small grassy garden, granite countertops, a solar panel on the roof to power the door chime and lights, has been constructed using boxes of Huggies. U.S. non-profit organisation HomeAid Orange County held its second annual Builders for Babies event, a campaign
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A man has been arrested after playing a prank with a traffic warning sign. Police in Texas say 26-year-old Geoffrey Eltgroth changed the message on the construction zone sign to read ‘Drive Crazy Y'all’.
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Chinese construction company HuaShang Tengda has 3D printed a 400-square-meter, two-story house in a mere month and a half. The Beijing-based firm is a major competitor of fellow Chinese construction company WinSun, which we’ve featured previously with its 3D printed six-story apartment building a
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A construction worker went on a spending spree after his boss mistakenly overpaid him by £40,000 all because the ditsy manager got a decimal point in the wrong place, according to local press. Steven Burke, of Scarborough, had been expecting to be paid £446.60 but couldn’t believe his luck when
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A thoughtful construction worker gave children at a hospital something to smile about when he created a giant ‘Where’s Wally?’ (or ‘Waldo’ in the US) and placed it in various locations every day so they could find it. Jason Haney, a labour foreman working at the Memorial Children's Hospita
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An Edinburgh businessman has completed a world record attempt to lay the highest floor in the world – at the summit of Kilimanjaro. Richard Snape, who formed The Wooden FloorStore, carried a packet of wooden flooring along the Lemosho route in attempt to break the record for the highest floor in t
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White Hart Lane is not just a football stadium at the moment, it is now also a construction site. The home of Tottenham Hotspur has been partially demolished ahead of the building of the club’s new stadium.
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A Dutchman has raised more than a few eyebrows around the town of Groningen this summer thanks to an innovative form of transport, the Daily Mail reports. The man was spotted making his way down one of the country's famous canals in a floating living room.
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A man tried to drive home on a 2.5 tonne road roller after a night out drinking, a court has heard. The BBC reports that John Johnston, 27, admitted committing the offence in Dumfries at the weekend.
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A cheeky Manchester United fan pulled off a cracking prank ahead of their clash with Liverpool, by leaving some Red Devils memorabilia on the Anfield roof. The Metro reports that the 42-year-old supporter, who wished to remain anonymous, worked as a builder on the site as Liverpool renovated the Mai
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Grant Henderson Tankers (GHT) is a waste removal company, with quite simply one of the best email addresses in history. The Glaswegian firm is responsible for pumping the human waste out of mobile toilets, and according to its website it also does drain unblocking and 'septic tank services'.
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A church in Edinburgh is to install a 10ft illuminated cross after winning an appeal against a council planning decision that had ruled it would ruin the view of the area. Bristo Baptist, on the Capital’s Queensferry Road, had previously applied for permission to hoist the aluminium cross adorned
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A property company is suing a local authority which has objected to a fish-and-chip franchise tenant on the grounds that its name – Moby Dick – may cause offence to some sensitive souls thereby causing the value of property in the area to fall. The council believes that the second word in the re
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Quick-thinking demolition workers used a crane to rescue a stranded dog after it plunged ten feet into the Firth of Forth, STV has reported. Steven Woods was taking his dog Sasha for a walk around the Cockenzie Power Station site in East Lothian at lunchtime on Wednesday when she jumped over a wall
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