Working in the construction is so stressful that workers are left to feel they look nine year older, according to new research. As many as three quarters of Britons feel that their job places a large amount of stress on them, even to the point of aging them, yet only a third would consider moving to
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The Broadway Bridge over the Arkansas River finally fell Tuesday afternoon after five hours and several attempts to get it to implode. Charges detonated shortly after 10 a.m. and puffs of smoke could be seen coming from the bridge.
Over a third (35 per cent) of UK homeowners have regretted the results of a DIY project and wish that they had called in a professional to handle it, according to a new survey. As the property ladder has become unsteady due to the UK voting for Brexit, a poll by home services marketplace Plentific.c
William Shakespeare may be celebrated in China with a development attempting to replicate his hometown, the BBC reports. Plans for Sanweng Town feature "Stratford-upon-Avon" complete with a River Avon and Holy Trinity Church.
A tour of crazy golf holes designed by architects commenced at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship today. Architects and designers from all over the Dundee Institute of Architects (DIA) Chapter were invited to design a crazy golf hole incorporating a recognisable architectural landmark. The best n
A construction worker renovating a home walked in on an armed intruder ransacking a home, police have said. The worker returned from a lunch break and noticed a smashed window at the property he was renovating in Escondido, San Diego.
If your job requires removing your shoes, you'd better have a great pair of socks. On Tuesday, one construction worker shared a photo of the quirky fashion choice he happened to make on the same day his client requested he remove his work boots.
A team led by Brock Carmichael Architects has won a competition to create a more self-sustainable future for the South Atlantic Ocean island community of Tristan da Cunha, a town which lies 1,000 miles from human civilisation. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) competition encouraged i
China's recent obsession with glass tourist attractions has gone round the U-bend with the opening of some see-through treetop public toilets. The BBC reports that the loos, near Shiyan Lake in southern Hunan province, boast panoramas of the surrounding forest’s lush treetops, the silver waters of
Adverts surrounding a Dundee construction site were given a comedy makeover after a joker stuck giant googly eyes onto the billboards. The billboards, which wrap around the construction site for the £28m upgrade to the city’s train station, depict different Dundonians discussing the upgrades to t
A 21-year-old Australian tradesman has been bitten by a venomous spider on the penis for a second time, the BBC has reported. The man was using a portable toilet on a Sydney building site on Tuesday, when he suffered a repeat of the incident five months ago when he was treated for a redback bite.
Acclaimed author JK Rowling has been given permission to build a £2 million equestrian centre at her family home in Edinburgh. The author of the "Harry Potter" book series and her husband Neil Murray were given planning permission by the City of Edinburgh Council last month to erect stables and two
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.
A pagan from the Borders has crossed swords with planning officials who have refused him permission to build a sacred shrine in honour of Herne the Hunter. Andrew Cleghorn, 52, from Kirkburn, wants to build, on his smallholding, an altar, statue plinth and sacred well in tribute to the god, The Scot
Almost nine out of 10 UK homeowners get cold feet when it comes to hiring tradesmen to carry out home improvement work, according to new research.