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Labourers at a Cambodian construction site have been kept fit and healthy by twice daily exercise routines in the public square. The afternoon’s workout begins with circular motions of the head to loosen neck muscles and moving all the way through the body to leg lunges.
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Plans for a suspended swimming pool have been unveiled for a new neighbourhood on London’s South Bank. Named ‘Sky Pool’, the outdoor pool at the Embassy Gardens development will link two residential buildings at the 10th storey – a world first – and allow residents to swim from one buildin
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The boss of a company at the centre of a road rage row caught on CCTV says he has fired the van driver seen in the footage. The manager of APC Lofts in Salford, who did not want to be named for fears over his safety, said he was “appalled” at the driving of one of his former joiners on the M62.
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Workers on a building site in Dorset have been left scratching their heads after they were forced to surround a car with rumble because its owner never showed up to move it. The Vauxhall Fontera 4x4 will now be boxed in for the next six weeks after builders at the new retail complex in Christchurch
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Iconic construction always has a risk to it, so YourTradeBase has created an infographic visualising some of the most dangerous construction projects in history. It features 13 of the world’s most famous construction projects, highlighting surprising death tolls and what caused these fatalities.
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A millionaire who built a 30ft lighthouse in her garden could be ordered to take it down due to lack of planning permission. Doreen Lofthouse, 85, who made her fortune from Fisherman's Friend, built a scaled-down version of a seaside town's Beach Lighthouse on unused farmland, near her home in Fleet
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A church shaped like a giant version of Cinderella's fabled glass slipper has been built in Taiwan to entice female visitors. Over 320 tinted glass panels were used to build the 16-metre-tall high-heeled shoe, which was constructed by the local government of Taiwan's Southwest Coast National Scenic
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Workers at a construction site in east China became so angry that their wages were not being paid they decided to teach their boss the ultimate lesson. In a bid to get their wages, migrant workers from the Shangrao Economic Development Zone in Jiangxi Province, used scaffolding to lock their bosses
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The first section of a new £16.5 million jetty for the fishing and offshore industries has been handed over to Lerwick Port Authority by Tulloch Developments Ltd. The early completion of the 110-metre section at Holmsgarth North clears the way for the demolition of the nearby former Shell jetty whi
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Plans to build a Jack Nicklaus golf course in Scotland could be bunkered by an ancient woodland, The Scotsman has reported. The golfing legend hoped his designs for a new course at Ury Estate in Aberdeenshire would pull in golf tourists from all over the world.
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Work on a new £16 million education campus in West Dunbartonshire has been delayed until winter next year due to the discovery of asbestos. Originally scheduled to open in August 2017, the Balloch education campus is being built on the site of the former St Kessog’s Primary and will accommodate a
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Construction workers at a building site in northern Brazil were rattled by the discovery of a giant 10.5 metre-long snake weighing 400kg. The enormous anaconda slithered out following an explosion at a cave in Altamira, Para.
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Workmen building a high school in southern China were dynamiting through bedrock – and when the dust settled, they found they had inadvertently uncovered a well-preserved dinosaur skeleton. It turned out to be the first example of its species, which scientists have named Tongtianlong limosus – w
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A scheme to convert a former North-east care home into flats has been delayed until the summer because there may be bats living in the building, the Evening Express has reported. Banff architecture firm Mantell Ritchie submitted plans to convert the former Rose Innes Home in South Street, Aberchirde
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It was a video of a Toronto man dancing while on a construction job, shared among family and friends on Facebook, that instead quickly spread like wildfire to reach tens of millions people worldwide… and even got Hollywood’s attention. The man at the centre of it all is Tony Restivo. He can be s
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