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World's Tallest Skyscraper Resumes Construction After a 5-Year Hiatus in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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via Shutterstock | Leo Morgan After a five-year pause, construction on the Jeddah Tower has resumed. Set to become the world’s tallest skyscraper and beat the UAE’s Burj Khalifa, the tower was designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture and initially began construction in 2013. Read more »

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Construction season begins for UK's largest Antarctic research hub

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A six month construction season is set to begin at the United Kingdom’s largest Antarctic research and operations hub. According to BAM, this season is expected to be the busiest and most challenging since the program began in 2017.

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East London blaze reignites cladding fears as Grenfell investigation grinds on

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The blaze brought back painful memories of the Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people in the city in 2017. Notably, the mixed-use building had “noncompliant cladding,” according to a 2023 application for construction work. The Dagenham building had “a number of fire safety issues” officials said.

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East London blaze reignite fears as Grenfell investigation grinds on

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The blaze brought back painful memories of the Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people in the city in 2017. Notably, the mixed-use building had “noncompliant cladding,” according to a 2023 application for construction work. The Dagenham building had “a number of fire safety issues” officials said.

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Just under a quarter of all UK high-rises with 'dangerous' cladding have been remediated, new report finds

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Construction News has the latest on the concerning lack of progress backtracking throughout the country's building and construction industry, where now just 1,088 of the 4,374 identified have completed their necessary remediations.

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New construction starts in 2017 to increase 5% to $713 billion

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Dodge Data & Analytics today released its 2017 Dodge Construction Outlook. construction starts for 2017 will advance 5% to $713 billion, following gains of 11% in 2015 and an estimated 1% in 2016. The report predicts that total U.S.

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Construction employment rises from October 2017 to October 2018 in 44 states and D.C.

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Forty-four states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between October 2017 and October 2018, while 36 states and D.C. added construction jobs between September and October, according to an analysis recently released by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data.