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Safety harness saves construction worker dangling dozens of meters above Tai Po site
A construction worker narrowly escaped a fatal fall at a Tai Po worksite on Saturday after being left suspended dozens of meters in the air beneath a crane, with viral footage revealing that his safety harness was the only thing that prevented a…
Construction of Kidepo International Airport begins
Construction of Kidepo International Airport has officially commenced following a groundbreaking ceremony in Karenga district, a development expected to boost tourism and accelerate economic growth in the Karamoja sub-region. President Yoweri…
Penn State Offers Breathtaking Look at Beaver Stadium Construction
Penn State football coach Matt Campbell recently took a hard-hat tour of Beaver Stadium, which is well into Phase II of its planned $700 million renovation. Campbell's tour offered some new footage of the massive West Tower construction and a few…
How Mohawk Industries Inc (MHK) Is Adapting to Market Pressures
Mohawk Industries Inc (NYSE: MHK) is a leading name in the flooring industry, supplying products for residential and commercial spaces worldwide. It is one of the best land and timber-adjacent stocks to buy now due to its exposure to wood flooring…
Construction can resume on old Midway car park after human remains find
Construction work can resume on an old multi-storey car park - after the discovery of human remains. A coroner has ruled there are no suspicious circumstances following the grim discovery at the former Midway Car Park, in Newcastle-under-Lyme. It…
Cyprus construction costs rise amid global pressures
Rising construction costs in Cyprus have surged by 10 per cent over the past two months, with a five-year increase reaching 35 per cent, according to the president of the Cyprus Federation of Building Contractors Associations (Oseok), Stelios…
Lara Trump mocked for clip of White House construction in Rose Garden
Lara Trump has been mocked for her comments about the White House's Rose Garden. On Thursday, June 4, the 43-year-old Fox News anchor and President Donald Trump 's daughter-in-law shared a video of the construction happening in the White House 's…
Moment van ploughs through construction works in road rage incident
Get your news delivered straight to you by 7am - sign up to our new Morning Mail newsletter for FREE This is the moment a van ploughed through construction works in a harrowing instance of road rage as a firm tasked with fixing potholes reveals…
Latest jobs report: Charting the top hiring and losing industries
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its May jobs report on Friday, revealing gains in the hospitality, government, and healthcare sectors, while showing losses in a handful of other industries. According to the BLS, the U.S. economy added…
Contractors struggle to fill open construction jobs
The struggle continued for contractors eager to fill positions before a busy summer, with 259,000 construction jobs open on the last day of April. There were more than 7.6 million job openings in the U.S. that month, data from the U.S. Bureau of…
Are You Eying UFP Industries Inc (UFPI) Stock? Lessons From Q1
UFP Industries Inc (NASDAQ: UFPI) is one of the best land and timber stocks to buy now. Analysts expect the stock to jump more than 29% from its current level. UFP Industries Inc (NASDAQ:UFPI)'s Q1 2026 results, released on April 29, showed revenue…
Trump ballroom construction should not be up to courts, government attorney argues in appeals case - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers representing the federal government argued Friday that a court could not stop construction of a White House ballroom it was already underway and because of the sensitive security concerns they say the structure is…
Officials found guilty of negligence or collusion to be held personally accountable in cases of loss of life or property: Minister; MCD Commissioner directed to seal all ongoing construction work beyond the permissible ground-plus-four floors, he adds
The Delhi government will invoke existing legal provisions under various Acts to penalise officials whose negligence or collusion allows illegal construction, violation of safety norms, and other such lapses, Home Minister Ashish Sood said on…
The Problem With Treating Women's Body Types Like Fashion Trends
I think (or hope) most of us can agree that the concept of a body trend is damaging and, for lack of a better word, downright weird. Yet, here we are, watching the media push the narrative that you must look a certain way to be considered beautiful…
Europe's Largest 3D-Printed Apartment Building Just Changed Everything
Something significant happened in Bezannes, France — and the construction industry should be paying close attention. ViliaSprint², Europe's largest 3D-printed apartment building, has been completed, and it arrives less as a proof of…
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