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Construction orders were up again in June and less dominated by London.
This year's Serpentine Pavilion with its 61tonnes of loose-laid Honister Slate.
Photo: Paul Slade
A picture of the site toilet taken by the HSE Inspector.
Bath Stone being cut from a face at Hartham Park underground quarry. Bath Stone has this month (on 19 July) been designated as a Global Heritage Stone Resource.
In Ireland, dry stone walling has been classified as one of the country's Intangible Cultural Heritages.
Historic England is offering a free, week-long course in stonemasonry for bricklayers who want to extend their repertoire.
A man's leg was crushed beneath the 1.7tonne staircase when it fell. The leg had to be amputated just below the groin.
Caesarstone's White Attica, one of nine finishes chosen by Bloor Homes for kitchen upgrade offers in 3,000 new builds in the next 12 months.
Respirable crystalline silica is a slow, long-term killer. The HSE is trying to stop workers being exposed to it.
Will Napier and Fionn Blench will explain the ingredients of traditional plaster and give a practical demonstration of how it should be applied as part of the Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival 19-22 August.
The 'Cornerstone' is being created under the arches near London Bridge railway station. It is hoped to have it installed on the corner of Bermondsey Street and Whites Grounds in the Whites Grounds estate owned by Southwark council in time for the Bermondsey Street Festival in September next year.
Intense dark colours and tight curves from Hi-Macs Intense Ultra being launched in September.
The pub where a worker fell from a scaffold tower suffering life changing injuries.
Construction workers are 3.6 times more likely to get killed at work than the national average.
Staff at Lovell Stone Group are celebrating 10 years in business today (1 July).