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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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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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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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Goettsch Partners' tiered office tower 'is the healthiest in Chicago'

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The development team of Riverside Investment & Development, Convexity Properties, and Clark Construction also delivered Chicago’s Bank of America Tower in 2020 and the 150 North Riverside office building in 2017. It also includes a privately owned public park called The Green.

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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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The world's longest suspension bridge officially opens in Turkey

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As reported by Global Construction Review , the new bridge cost €2.5 billion) to construct and is expected to generate €5.3 The construction was carried out via a public-private partnership, formed in 2017, between a group of Turkish and South Korean companies, led by Daelim, SK, Limak, and Yapi Me. billion ($2.76