When a site is such a mess it's hard to know where to start
Thanks to Marc Draper for sending in this snap of Dubai construction workers 20 storeys up taking a rest.


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When a site is such a mess it's hard to know where to start
Thanks to Marc Draper for sending in this snap of Dubai construction workers 20 storeys up taking a rest.

2007-05-03T13:43:00Z
These workers are either on a coffee break or they are lying at the base of this rickety walkway
2025-07-11T05:00:00Z Sponsored by MSA Safety
Sponsored by MSA Safety, this CPD explores best practice for safe access and egress when working at height
2025-07-11T05:00:00Z Sponsored by Rockwool
Often underestimated in design conversations, the roof is increasingly recognised as a building’s fifth facade – a space with critical functional responsibilities and regulatory implications
2026-06-26T11:02:00Z By Carl Brown
Housing associations reducing expected starts following Homes England’s call to reprofile bids, trade body says in letter also signed by 21 chief executives
2026-06-26T10:32:00Z By Daniel Gayne
Planning inspector determined 850-home scheme’s height, scale and massing would cause harm to Peckham neighbourhood
2026-06-26T09:09:00Z By Dave Rogers
Dean Banks was previously in charge of Balfour Beatty’s UK construction business
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