Japanese contractor Kajima plans to team up with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) to develop automated construction machinery to work on construction projects on Mars and the moon. Nikkei Asian Review reports that the project will be an extension of Kajima’s A4CSEL system, an abbrevia
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Time-lapse footage has emerged which shows a group of construction workers install a 70-metre tunnel in just one weekend. The intense work schedule means the construction workers were required to work around the clock to get the tunnel done in time while causing minimal disruption to motorists.
A US carpentry labour supplier has posted a video below to YouTube in order to provide those interested in a career in the trades a bit of humorous insight into what the lifestyle entails. The video by Minnesota-based Carpentry Contractors Company, titled ‘Framing Houses in Minnesota’, has garne
A Montreal restaurant is fighting the frustration of being located in the middle of a major construction zone with humour. The Hachoir restaurant is located at the intersection of Rachel and St-Denis streets — both of which are under construction.
‘Trainspotting 2’ turned road movie this week as one of Scotland’s busiest trunk roads was closed to allow filming for the Danny Boyle blockbuster. Stars Ewan McGregor and Jonny Lee Miller piled into an ageing BMW convertible, driving up and down the deserted A725 near Raith Junction in Lanark
A 90 year old monk has dedicated the last 53 years to building a massive cathedral entirely by himself.
A team of experts has begun restoring the ancient tomb in Jerusalem where Christians believe Jesus was buried, in the first such works for 200 years.
A man who converted an old hen house into a gin distillery and won ‘Shed of the Year’ failed to get planning permission. Walter Micklethwait, of the Inshriach Estate near Aviemore, spent two years turning the dilapidated hen house into a shack which boasts its own Wild West themed saloon and bar
World-renowned architect Lord Foster has taken up the challenge of building the world's smallest airport, in Rwanda. The aim is to create a network of droneports to deliver medical supplies to some of Africa's most inaccessible locations.
A US flooring business has been turning heads with a banner placed alongside a road near its store. Flowood Flooring and Design, obviously poking fun about how long a pile of dirt resulting from a construction project has been in front of its building, posted a banner in front with a large arrow poi
Artist Warren Elsmore with the model of the National Museum of Scotland made from Lego. Image credit Neil Hanna A 3.5-metre model of the National Museum of Scotland built from Lego has been unveiled in the 150th anniversary year of the iconic Victorian building.
The Gotthard Base Tunnel opens in Switzerland today, 17 years after construction work began. With a rock overburden of up to 2,300m, the passage is not only the world's longest, but also the world's deepest, railway tunnel.
The National Wallace Monument in Stirling is set to have new digitised plans unveiled to mark its 155th anniversary. The monument was designed by Edinburgh architect JT Rochead and began construction in 1861.
Architects, engineers and builders are the joint second hardest working professions in the UK when it comes to bank holidays as almost nine in ten will be working today, according to new research. Those in HR (89 per cent) are the most likely to be working this weekend, followed architects, engineer
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