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A dad caused £1,000 worth of damage when he smashed up a wall in his daughter’s house trying to rescue a trapped pigeon. Scot Thomson, 53, hammered through a blocked-up chimney to free the bird which he claimed was a “British citizen” in need of help.

French firm Moreau Kusunoki Architectes has been named as the winner of the Guggenheim Helsinki competition. The winning design was selected from a shortlist of six, which were whittled down from over 1,751 entries spanning 77 countries in the anonymous international design competition.

An Instagram user has captured a video of lightning striking a construction crane in Washington D.C. The stormy event occurred during close to the Nationals Park baseball stadium, home to the Washington Nationals.

Contractors are being warned that they must pay the appropriate levels of tax for the country they’re working in if they want to avoid huge fines the like of which could be handed out to Lionel Messi. An international contractor management specialist has urged contractors not to follow the Argenti

Richard Brittain Former Ross County captain Richard Brittain has swapped his armband for a career on the construction site.

It's not just the UK's elected officials that apparently need to be rehoused, Queen Elizabeth II may have to move out of Buckingham Palace during much-needed renovations to the residence, which has not been substantially redecorated since she took the throne in 1952, royal officials said Wednesday.

An American electrical engineer has retired to live in a revamped Boeing 727 fuselage. Industrious recycler Bruce Campbell has had his old plane placed in woods near Portland, Oregon, where he lives happily amongst some of the original seating and even the airplane-style toilet. Bruce believes every

Coming to project near you? An American University has revealed a novel way to combat one of the scourges of twenty first century living (and working) by creating a “texting lane” on its stairs. Sick of SMS-induced collisions, Utah Valley University hopes that the texting thoroughfare will provi

Major restoration of the Houses of Parliament without moving MPs and peers out would cost £5.7 billion and take 32 years, according to an independent report. If MP and peers were moved out for six years, the cost would drop to £3.5bn, the BBC has reported.

Construction training provider Able Skills has created a new infographic highlighting how eight of the world’s most amazing structures were built. The piece features ancient structures such as the Greek Parthenon, the Roman Colosseum and Machu Picchu.

A Dutch firm is to use robots to 3D “draw” a steel bridge over the water in the centre of Amsterdam. MX3D aims to 'print' the complicated and 'intricate' structure over one of the city's canals using robots to 'draw' the bridge into being.

Crofters on Great Bernera in the Outer Hebrides are finally set to own their island after being granted £100,000 by the Scottish Land Fund to complete the deal. The deal means that the community buy-out by the Great Bernera Community Development Trust, which was overwhelmingly approved by locals in

A man who stole two bags of cement in Nigeria was given seven strokes of the cane in open court as his punishment. The sentence was handed down to Naziti Ibrahim by a Gudu Upper Area Court in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, on Thursday, June 11, 2015.

Jaguar Land Rover is developing technology to enable its cars to identify potholes they encounter and share that data in real-time with road authorities and other vehicles. The upcoming feature will help government agencies prioritise road repairs and enable drivers to avoid major potholes and broke

An American man has decided that he was done with the city life and instead wanted to build a giant treehouse. Called the Cinder Cone, it's an incredible high-rise wooden cabin that has taken a year to build. Recruiting the help of friends, Foster Huntingdon, who quit his job in New York for the pro