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Study warns elevator safety standards in the UK, EU lag behind rising body weight

Few riders are on board but the panel shows 'full'; advocates say elevator rules must reflect larger body sizes.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Excess weight is associated with an increased risk of acute and chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer
A bedroom.

89-year-old in China scrambles down high-rise exterior to escape locked bedroom

Firefighters urged the woman to remain in place, but she continued moving down the building’s exterior.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Security camera. Illustration.

CCTV captures man nearly crushed as elevator shoots upward

Vatsalbhai Pancha was injured but is reported out of danger after the Gujarat Housing Board incident; security video shows the lift ascend rapidly without the doors closing

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ad 120 to build NIS 800m longevity complex in Kiryat Motzkin.

Ad 120 to build NIS 800m longevity complex in Kiryat Motzkin, company says

Two 13-story towers with 360 units and Israel’s first Longevity center planned in Mishkenot Omanim.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Holon Insititute of Technology opens first-of-its-kind dormitories

The dormitories were built on a plot of land measuring 7 acres and are about 9 stories high.

OCTOBER 3, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Holon Institute of Technology's new dormitories.

Shaked appoints taskforce to look into fair foreign construction practices

Licensed contractors are the most controlled and efficient professional body for employing foreign workers in the construction industry.

OCTOBER 2, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE ENTRANCE to Jerusalem – a massive jumble of construction.

Architecture Moderne: Mumbai | Tel Aviv

A new exhibition celebrated 30 years of friendship between India and Israel

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
The Consul General of Israel in Mumbai, Mr. Kobbi Shoshani, at the exhibition Architecture Moderne: Mumbai | Tel Aviv

Another delay in bringing in more foreign construction workers

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Eldad Nitzan, Chairman of the Association of Foreign Corporations for the Construction Industry, Chamber of Commerce

Five dead, at least 80 trapped under collapsed building in Iran's Abadan

Reports on social media say that up to 80 people might be missing in the completely destroyed and collapsed area of the building.

MAY 23, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A general view of the collapse of a ten-storey building in Abadan, Iran May 23, 2022.

Israel advances plans for over 4,000 new West Bank homes

Mitzpe Dani was given final approval as a new neighborhood of the Ma'aleh Mikhmas settlement, at a Higher Planning Council for Judea and Samaria meeting.

MAY 12, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A Palestinian man walks down the stairs of a building as the Israeli settlement of Dolev is seen, near Ramallah in the West Bank January 26, 2020. Picture taken January 26, 2020.

High Court approves a 31-unit settler apartment complex in Hebron

The Wednesday approval of 31 six-storey complexes is the first new construction to receive approval in 17 years.

APRIL 28, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A simulated photo of what the Hizkiyahu Quarter will look like when it's finished.

From Lego to building Israel: Tips for renovation, construction projects

The person who is the coordinator of all the building is known in Israel as “the cablan” (contractor).

FEBRUARY 24, 2022ByRIVA SCHERTZMAN
The entrance of a n apartment designed by Schertzman Architecture.

Two construction workers fall to their death in Tel Aviv

Later on Wednesday, two other construction workers were injured in accidents across Israel.

FEBRUARY 9, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Construction work on Carlebach Street in Tel Aviv

Something must be done for the construction workers of Israel - opinion

Hopefully, the new government will be more sensitive to the issue and be ready to take effective measures.

JANUARY 26, 2022ByJANE BIRAN
Construction work on Carlebach Street in Tel Aviv