Kéré Architecture breaks ground on new childcare center at Munich’s Technical University

Kéré Architecture has announced that building has begun on a new vertical childcare center at Munich’s Technical University (TUM), to be built in wood. The daycare center will be called “Ingeborg Pohl Kinderoase an der TUM” after the project’s financial patron. The ground-breaking ceremony took place on April 18 on the building site at Gabelsbergerstrasse […] The post Kéré Architecture breaks ground on new childcare center at Munich’s Technical University appeared first on Architecture Magazine.

Developer in the dock after labourer’s death

A developer has been fined £450,000 and the firm’s director has received a suspended prison sentence after a labourer was crushed to death on a Birmingham building site.

14 hospitalised for carbon monoxide poisoning on building site

Fourteen people were hospitalised at a construction project in New Haven, Connecticut, after potentially fatal levels of carbon monoxide accumulated in a building undergoing renovation, AP reports.  The cause of… The post 14 hospitalised for carbon monoxide poisoning on building site appeared first on Global Construction Review.

Peter Shea Obituary

From early in his career, Peter Shea was most comfortable in khaki pants, a blue collared button down, and boots muddy from a J.F. Shea Co. heavy construction or Shea Homes building site. The J.F. Shea Co., Inc., renowned for its work on the Golden Gate Bridge, Hoover Dam, and Interstate Highway System, has been […] The post Peter Shea Obituary first appeared on CCR-Mag.com.

Four killed in Hamburg scaffolding collapse

Four workers were killed on Monday and another was left with life-threatening injuries after scaffolding collapsed at a major building site in the German city of Hamburg. The incident occurred… The post Four killed in Hamburg scaffolding collapse appeared first on Global Construction Review.

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