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People working on the construction of a large asylum centre in Enschede were met with a gruesome sight on Wednesday morning. The severed heads of 12 pigs were scattered around the site sometime on Tuesday night. According to newspaper AD, nine of the pig heads were placed on the fence around the sit
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Transport Scotland has released a new video including some unique drone footage of the construction work to build the Queensferry Crossing. Some of the areas of significant progress to date include:
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A German carpenter has created a tiny device he claims can turn the flow of sperm on and off. Clemens Bimek says his invention, a "gummy-bear" sized switch, involves a simple 30-minute medical procedure placing a valve on each spermatic duct.
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Students in America have developed a Martian concrete using materials naturally found on the planet. Led by Gianluca Cusatis, the Northwestern University engineering team in Illinois said the high-strength concrete can be quickly created and is durable enough to withstand meteorite impacts — a key
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Following on from a church shaped like a giant version of Cinderella’s fabled glass slipper in Taiwan, which SCN featured on this page earlier in the week, ITV.com as compiled a list of what it calls ‘10 of the world's wackiest buildings’. The list also features the giant basket shaped headqua
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A British designer has developed a concept that will allow people to download plans to print and build their own bespoke earth-friendly house over a few days. The inventor say the plans, named WikiHouse, will herald a digital building revolution, letting anyone design a high-performance, low-cost an
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A conceptual tubular glass house enclosing a mature fir tree at the centre may finally become a reality now that potential investors have been found. Tree in the House is designed by Kazakh architect Aibek Almassov of A Masow Architects as an inverted treehouse, intended to provide an escape from th
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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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