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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKnsVJVmbCw&feature=youtu.be Residents of a Norwegian coastal town have stacked wood into a 156-foot-tall tower to break the record for the world's tallest bonfire.

  Hundreds of thousands of people are flocking to Lake Iseo in Northern Italy to walk on water.

An expert team led by Bell Ingram Design has completed one of its most unusual projects to date - to create a ‘flyover’ for cattle at the Royal Highland Show. The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland approached Perthshire-based Bell Ingram with the challenge to resolve a traffic i

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQuvp63L6Rk&feature=youtu.be A new glass slide attached to a building in LA 1000 feet above the city below has opend to the public.

A 48-year old man who works as a construction worker in Quezon City in the Philippines has joined the ranks of the country’s millionaires after claiming on Thursday the P97.1 million (£1.49m) Super Lotto pot from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). PCSO General Manager Jose Ferdinan

The white Wagtail A family of birds that decided to set up home on an active construction site have been given a safe place to stay by Mactaggart & Mickel Group.

A multi-million pound housing development on the edge of a Perthshire town is in question after the discovery of a rare pine marten by two teenage boys. The Scotsman reports that Angus McNicol and Andrew Wombill spotted the heavily-protected mammal around the Highfield Woods area of Scone, Perthshir

A 350ft statue of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus was unveiled in Puerto Rico last week after a host of cities in the United States turned down the chance to house the sculpture, The Guardian has reported. The voyage of Russian-based sculptor Zurab Tsereteli’s monument, which is 45ft taller

A construction worker who was cheated out of wages while working for a US contractor has finally been reimbursed for his labour after a taxi driver recognised him ten years later. CBS reports that Jose Lopez had no idea his wages had been short while he worked on a building for the city of New York

Chinese construction company HuaShang Tengda has 3D printed a 400-square-meter, two-story house in a mere month and a half. The Beijing-based firm is a major competitor of fellow Chinese construction company WinSun, which we’ve featured previously with its 3D printed six-story apartment building a

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

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