Building Buff Prints

'Don't worry - all tall buildings sway a little in the wind.'

'So that's what it's for Ethel. It's somewhere to put their spirit level

Do Not Feed The Architects.

'So you became an architect! And I can remember when you couldn't draw a straight line!'

'You might want to shore up the loadbearing stud.'

Scaffolding being put together by glue.

'Developer' shocked by price of 'Retrofitting needs' on old building

"Did you have any problems at the design stage?"

Irish plasterer working on a church

'Remind me to tell the crane driver to bring a flask tomorrow.'

Podiums at the Architect of the Year Awards.

'Office real estate' lifting weights

Building getting a new coat fitted

'How many studio apartment construction projects did you say you'd worked on before?'

"Please tell me we have the wrong address on this job estimate!"

Showing gardening tools to a tower block.

I need a 10 foot board. That's 70 feet in dog feet.

'Ok, we've rented the whole building ... oops, they just put on another floor.'

Express to 84th Floor.

"Yeah! The new building is amazing! And guess what! I've got a corner office!"

"And don't waste your time canvassing the whole building, young man. We think alike."

'Best bit of winter pipe lagging I've seen for ages...unfortunately, that's just the scaffolding.'

Dave cut costs and now realizes that in order to pass inspection, he may have to arrange a marriage between his daughter and the building inspector's son.

'Apparently they've nicknamed it the spring onion.'

'The buildings are merging.'

A shop which remains open despite building work being done on the exterior

Acme Construction Co. Today: Bob Simms on Excavator. Julio Garcia on Backhoe. Mike Hogan on Grader. Tony Rizzo on Compactor. Reggie Tucker on Pipelayer.

Professional Building Directory. I wonder how a building maintains its amateur status.

Sharon's more of a do-it-yourselfer.

Mixed-Use Condo

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

Muscles

'Well, well, well. It wasn't a 12 lb baby after all. It was a six pound one pumping iron.'

A bridge builder using an organic blow torch.

"I told him he should have trained more."