Officials in New York praised luck after a tower crane’s engine compartment burst into flames, causing its boom and 16 tons of concrete it was carrying to plunge onto the…

Police in the northeast Chinese city of Qiqihar have arrested the management team of a construction company suspected of illegally storing building materials on the roof of the school gymnasium…

A collapsing bridge girder has killed two construction workers and injured another six in Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture, 80km southwest of Tokyo. The accident occurred when a 65m-long girder, which was…

Dubai developer Damac International has announced plans to build a 12-storey condominium, designed by UK firm Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA), to replace the building that collapsed in the town of…

The state of Pennsylvania and the US Federal Highway Administration together this week released $10m in emergency funds to start replacing a section of elevated highway in Philadelphia destroyed by…