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The well-known mantra, ‘there’s an app for that’, now applies to tradespeople with even the most hands-on jobs. IronmongeryDirect has created an infographic of the 28 most useful construction apps for iOS and Android, to put job-revolutionising tech in the pockets of those who need it.

Construction workers in Germany have unearthed a giant concrete swastika underneath a sports field in the city of Hamburg.

A studio apartment in Nottingham has been advertised with a shower fitted inside the living room. The 20m squared space comes fully furnished with a bed, wardrobe, desk and chair.

A bunker built to survive a direct hit from World War Two's most powerful bombs has been offered for sale. Prospective buyers have until 2pm on Wednesday 6 December 2017 to make their offers for the subterranean property in the Raigmore area of Inverness.

Builders across London will be getting more free bacon butties thanks to a local radio station. Fix Radio, a station for tradespeople and builders in the city, is to resume its Fix Radio Bacon Butty Tour from January.

A live broadcast of the demolition of a stadium in the United States was ruined when a bus pulled up and blocked the view. The Georgia Dome stadium in Atlanta was razed to the ground yesterday and the Weather Channel set up a camera to catch the historic 80,000-seat arena’s final moments.

Forget pies and pasties, construction workers at a Salford development are enjoying healthy nosh, relaxing in an alcohol-free beer garden or designated rest rooms with wide screen TVS and free wi-fi. The free breakfasts and lunch is being put on by Domis, billionaire Fred Done’s construction compa

Cards Against Humanity, the self-dubbed “party game for horrible people”, has purchased a plot of land on the US-Mexico border in an effort to protest the development of President Trump’s wall. While the company said it has no expectations the venture will stop construction, it does think it i

People living in Scottish areas with street names commemorating Britain, such as “Queen”, “Royal”, “Regent”, or “London” are less likely to define themselves as Scottish only, new research from the University of St Andrews has revealed. The finding, by Dr Daniel Oto-Peralías, is par

The richest man in the world has announced his intent to create his very own “smart city” in the United States. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates plans invest $80 million (£61m) to buy 40 square miles of land just 45 minutes west of Phoenix to build around 80,000 residential units and thousands o

https://vimeo.com/239763594 Architects and designers in the US were invited to design, build and donate functional and one-of-a-kind outdoor dwellings for cats as part of an animal awareness initiative.

A building constructed in rural Kirkcudbrightshire in the early 1900s, which was designed to look like a castle for a herd of 12 cows, is to be converted into holiday apartments under new plans. The landmark building fell into serious disrepair and was placed on the Buildings at Risk register more t

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N5skF6hHM8 A new visitor centre showcasing the archaeological remains of an ancient and mysterious temple to the Latin god Mithras has opened under Bloomberg’s new European headquarters in the heart of the City of London next to the Bank of England.

A massive 11,000-square feet Leonard Cohen mural was inaugurated in downtown Montreal this week to mark the one-year anniversary of the singer’s death. Artists El Mac, Gene Pendon and the MU collective based their work off a photograph that was originally taken by Lorca Cohen in 2008.

A Chinese city has built a museum that looks like a crab. The three-storey museum, designed to resemble the famous Chinese mitten crab, will introduce the crustacean's living habitat and celebrate the locals' tradition of eating the shellfish.