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Engineers have the happiest job in the world, closely followed by teachers and nurses with construction workers not far behind, according to analysis carried out by the Guardian. The newspaper looked at nine different surveys conducted to find the occupations that make us happiest, and then did its

A builder has claimed that he was ordered to give up his seat for another commuter because they had a better job than him. Jamie Loveday, 19, said he was on a Victoria line train at around 7.20pm on Wednesday when a man got into the carriage at Green Park station.

Lego has released a set of kits that allows architecture lovers to build skylines of cities around the world, Deezen has reported. The first three sets to be launched are Venice, Berlin and New York City, with each of the cities' well-known buildings reconstructed in miniature brick form.

Not satisfied with insulting Muslims and Mexicans, offending women and mocking the disabled, US presidential hopeful Donald Trump has now fallen foul of Aberdeenshire Council’s planning rules. The National has revealed that the council has ruled that two 24-metre flagpoles erected by the property

A young woman in Russia has decided to take road repairs into her own hands after getting frustrated by the number of potholes in her city. Veronika Bobrus, a 26-year-old florist, became an overnight celebrity in Omsk, southern Siberia, after a dashcam video of her filling a pothole at night was pos

Plans have been unveiled to build the UK’s next mega tower, which will rival the Shard for the title of the tallest building in Europe, and will dwarf all other office blocks in the City of London. The 73-floor skyscraper at 1, Undershaft, will be 309.6m high when completed, making it on a par wit

A family of 12 ducks has refused to quack under pressure of construction all around their home in New Zealand. A mother duck dutifully caring for a brood of 11 ducklings while giant construction equipment roared all around was unlike anything Alastair Bennett had seen in his 22 years as a foreman fo

Iconic construction always has a risk to it, so YourTradeBase has created an infographic visualising some of the most dangerous construction projects in history. It features 13 of the world’s most famous construction projects, highlighting surprising death tolls and what caused these fatalities.

China is known for its replicas of famous sights, but one new creation has gone a step further by combining two landmarks into one building, the BBC has found. Half of the structure, located in the northern city of Shijiazhuang, is a copy of Beijing's Temple of Heaven, but the other half is the whit

Staff from a north east builders merchants are spreading Christmas cheer with the publication of a unique calendar created to raise money for two local charities. Brave employees from GPH Builders Merchants, which is based in Westhill, Inverurie and Stonehaven, stripped off for the company’s 2016

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has today launched a new award which will celebrate the best new building in the world. Unlike the institute’s prestigious Lubetkin Prize, which was scrapped last year, the competition is open to any building, of any type and budget, in any country

A prankster has put the Forth Road Bridge up for sale on auction site ebay following Friday’s news that the link between Edinburgh and Fife will be closed for the remainder of the year. The cheeky advert was posted by ebay user nicelgin, who placed the ad in the ‘For parts or not working’ sect

John Logie Baird, the man who was the first in the world to televise objects in motion, has been inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame. Launched in 2011 by The Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland (IESIS), the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame is supported by engineeri

Architect Ian Simpson has apologised for what residents have described as a howl, a hum and a scream emanating from a skyscraper in Manchester. The 47-storey Beetham Tower emits a weird and incredibly loud noise every time the wind picks up.

The completion of what will be the world's tallest tower in Saudi Arabia is finally in sight after developers secured funding to complete the project. Stretching a full kilometre up into the sky, the Kingdom Tower in the small city of Jeddah will finally topple the Burj Khalifa's current record of b