Have you always wondered what the largest cranes in the
world look like and how high they are? Today we present
you the 5 biggest of them. Either used to set up smaller
construction cranes or for heavyweight lifting tasks

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Big blackout in Berlin-Köpenick. It seems as if a construction
company has hit an important electric link at the Salvador-
Allende-Bridge. Not only has the drilling into the powerline
ceased electrical delivery to Köpenick but also the reserve line.

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…and with it the first problems have appeared.
Since new year the automatic post release process
has stopped working and thus there were no new
posts available. And if that isn’t enough…

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The weekend is here and it’s time for some relaxing.
Today here’s some fun compilation of epic construction
site fails. Or let’s say better: Things you’d better not have
done as shown in the video. Have fun and a nice saturday!

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If you ever wondered, how fast Russians can build roads,
This video might give you an idea. What you’ll see,
is a huge bataillion of steamrollers, tar-trucks and other
Equipment. The timelapse gives you a rough idea, how fast they are!

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Normally an innovative way to protect a home from heavy
storm and flood. That’s why in some regions where flood
is an issue, houses are built on stilts. The same concept was
used by a homeowner in Milford, Connecticut.

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It has been one of the most criticized traffic optimization projects: Stutgart
21, formerly known as the new central station allowing train pass through
instead of a terminus. Now it seems as if the projected costs of 4.5 billion €
cannot be stuck to and are recalculated to up to 6.8 billion €.

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It seems as if the chinese people are planing to top Burj Khalifa which is
currently the talles building on earth with it’s 826 metres height. The
company BSB (Broad Sustainable Building) which was also involved in
building a 30 storeys tall hotel in only 15 days, plans to raise the planned…

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I already mentionned, that I like Timelapse videos. This time, it’s from the
construction site of the Freedom Tower in New York where a camera has
recorded pictures of the construction over 8 years. They are now finally put
together into a 2 minutes long timelapse video. The result is amazing!

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In this case, a concrete buffer has gone berzerk after someone has lost control
over the handle of the machine. The result looks spectacular, funny but also
dangerous. The problem is that such a concrete buffer is heavyweight and not
easily taken down when spinning around. They finally got it down anyways.

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