Billions Wasted on Leasing Empty Buildings
According to Sen. Rand Paul's (R-Ky.) annual Festivus Waste Report, the government wastes $10 billion maintaining, leasing, and furnishing vacant buildings. This year, Paul highlighted over $1 trillion in government waste, including “an ice-skating drag queen, a $12 million pickleball facility in Las Vegas, $4,840,082 on a Ukrainian influencer, and more.” “It's included!” “No matter […]
Cladding will be fixed on high-rise buildings in England by 2029, says Angela Rayner | Housing
Dangerous cladding on all high-rise buildings in the UK will be fixed by the end of 2029 in a government-funded scheme, Angela Rayner has vowed. The Deputy Prime Minister criticized the pace of repairs more than seven years after the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people, and announced on Monday that buildings over 18 […]
NYC dog captured walking narrow ledge on building’s 15th floor: ‘Very disturbing’
This dog must have had a bad day. On Nov. 23, the Upper West Side dog looked like a broken bone when he was photographed navigating a narrow ledge on the 15th floor of a West 86th Street building about 200 feet off the ground. It looked like it was. “I saw him walk to […]
Sen. Ernst gives DOGE blueprint to slash $2 trillion in government waste — from vacant buildings to absurd scientific studies
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has issued a statement to President-elect Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency: blueprint Cut more than $2 trillion in wasteful government spending. Ernst's Monday letter Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy enumerated to the co-chairs a number of ways DOGE could begin to wean the United States out of its $36 […]
NYC office buildings brimming with workers at nearly pre-pandemic levels
The work-from-home phenomenon that spread like wildfire during the pandemic appears to be flaring up in New York, but is on the decline in many other large cities across the country, according to the latest office building data. According to market monitor Placer.ai, the Big Apple had the highest office visitation rate in the nation […]
Voters decide on climate measures, reject initiative to tax natural gas powered buildings in California city
Voters in various states on Tuesday decided on ballot initiatives that will determine whether to expand and fund environmental and climate-related projects in each state. In Berkeley, California, voters rejected a measure that would have imposed a tax on buildings larger than 15,000 square feet that use heating equipment such as natural gas or gas […]
‘I make architects’ dreams come true’: Hanif Kara, the magician who makes impossible buildings stay up | Art and design
FFrom Will Allsopp's whimsical columns to Zaha Hadid's gravity-defying curves, there's always someone behind an architect's impossible visions. In the case of the most unlikely buildings of the 21st century, that person is more often than not Hanif Kala. The Ugandan-born engineer has been announced as the 2024 recipient of the award. thorn medala prestigious […]
IDF Warns Lebanese Civilians to Leave Buildings Used by Hezbollah
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday warned civilians in southern Lebanon to evacuate homes and buildings used by the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah to store weapons, citing imminent attacks. IDF spokesman Maj. Gen. Daniel Hagari posted a video in English and Hebrew (with Arabic subtitles) explaining how Hezbollah stores missiles inside civilian buildings and […]
Indicted buildings commish, city, sued for $150 million
This could result in huge costs for taxpayers. The towing companies claim that “bribery and corruption” by city officials and rival towing companies caused them to lose lucrative city contracts and operating licenses, according to a newly filed $150 million lawsuit naming the city. Runway Towing alleges in a lawsuit filed Thursday in Manhattan Supreme […]
Ferocious Francine slams Louisiana, ripping roofs from buildings, trapping residents amid rising floodwaters
Francine slammed into the Louisiana coast as a powerful Category 2 hurricane on Wednesday and was downgraded to a tropical storm on Thursday after 100 mph winds blew roofs off buildings and dozens of residents were trapped inside their homes by rising floodwaters from torrential rains. The eye of Hurricane Francine made landfall in Terrebonne […]