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Council workmen constructing a public air raid shelter outside Lloyds Bank in Church Road, Birmingham on the eve of the outbreak of the Second Word War. 1st September 1939
Birmingham University students and workmen from the City Council seen here filing sandbags in a pit near the University, for the protection of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on the eve of the outbreak
Birmingham City Council workmen seen here filling and sandbagging the Citys Education Office in Margaret Street in the city centre a few days before the outbreak of the Second World War
Birmingham council workmen construct an emergency water container in the city centre on the eve of the outbreak of the second world war. 1st September 1939
Colin Fellows and Eddie Lenehan are retracing the work of medieval craftsmen, as they patiently cut out the oak beams that go into the rebuilding of 169 Spon Street
Workmen in action roofing old houses from Much Park Street, Coventry, which are being rebuilt in Spon Street. 16th November 1971
Roofing Spon Street cottages, Coventry. 13th September 1976
Mr M. F Howarth (Widnes Town Clerk), Alderman J. T ClaytonMr M.F Howarth (Widnes Town Clerk), Alderman J.T Clayton (chairman of the the Joint Committee), Councillor D. McCulloch and Mr
Flats being constructed from prefabricated panels. A welder joins the panels to the corners, Russia. 1962
Spon End, Coventry. 18th August 1961
Extension under construction at Lanchester College of Technology, Coventry, Circa 1960
Roots of a 21st Century city. From the chaos of the Revenseft site will rise the centre of the new Liverpool. 8th March 1967
A picture from the roof of Lewiss showing the new Rackhams building at the corner of Corporation Street, Bull Street and Temple Row, Birmingham. 8th May 1959
The new Rackhams building being constructed at the corner of Corporation Street, Bull Street and Temple Row, Birmingham. 8th July 1959
Houses in Runcorn are dwarfed by the new Runcorn-Widnes bridge, which is under construction. 19th March 1960
An unusual view of the Widnes-Runcorn Bridge, now almost completed, showing how the approach road soars above the rows of terraced houses in Widnes. On the right is the rail way crossing
New roads, new shops and new dwellings as the £5million New Strand scheme takesNew roads, new shops and new dwellings as the £ 5million New Strand scheme takes shape in Bootle, Liverpool. 25th October 1966
The New Strand scheme takes shape in Bootle, Liverpool. 12th April 1966
A 22-storey block - shops at ground level, flats above - dominates the scene as work goes ahead on the £ 5million New Strand scheme. 2nd January 1967
Digging in as work is launched on the Royal Victoria Infirmary extension, left to right, Vernon Lee, representing the architects Arthur Taylor, Newcastle Health Authority chairman, Mike Laycock
The scene on the site of the new Aberthaw B Power Station. irk started on the site last July. In the background can be seen the existing Aberthaw A Power Station. 18th January 1964
Stevenage New Town shopping centre, still under construction. 29th September 1958
Shop frontages in the Cavern Walks arcade. 28th December 1983
The Second Severn Crossing under construction. 25th January 1994
Scaffolder oblivious to working at height, high above central Birmingham. 26th January 1954
Steelwork goes up in Port Clarence, Stockton-on-Tees. 1975
Spotlights and stage equipment on stage at the new Paramount Cinema as it nears completion. The new 2, 750 luxury seat cinema
Birkenheads new superstore nearing completion. 23rd March 1976
Aerial views of Birmingham, taken from the BRMB Flying Eye. 15th June 1994
Council workman laying a new footpath during the alterations to Victoria Road, Cambridge. April 1959
Council workman building a new wall during the alterations to Victoria Road, Cambridge. April 1959
The old Customs House site, Liverpool. Circa 1968
The palace of the National Congress, under construction, Brasilia, Brazil, 1st November 1968. Plaza of the Three Powers government buildings designed by Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares
The Cathedral Lanes Shopping Centre in Coventry, Midlands, England, under construction. Picture taken in April 1990, about 7 months before its November opening
Letting the boss down. Up on the hills of Hampstead Green a sewer is being relined and Mrs Stride the sewer foreman goes up and down the 25 foot hole by holding on to the hook of a crane
Looking down from the dome, workmen are visible in the West Orchard development as small specs as they finish off the development. 7th December 1990
The team which will be getting the new Burtons development together. In front is project manager Harry Hunt with, from left, senior general foreman Trevor Tilling, works superintendent Peter Lewis
The West Orchard development creeps slowly upwards thanks to lots of careful planning. The target is to look eventually like the artists impression below, which focuses on the atrium area
Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr Dave Edwards, the Lord Mayor Cllr Bill Hardy and Wimpey regional director Jeff Adams (in suits) join building workers in toasting the success of the West Orchards shopping
The end of an era, Coventrys West Orchard multi-storey carpark lies flattened in a heap of twisted girders bricks and rubble
A multi storey car park being demolished in Coventry city centre just couldn t wait to come down. Demolition crews are knocking down the old West Orchard car park as part of the centre redevelopment
The Construction of West Orchards Shopping Centre. 8th September 1990
The Burton development seen from Hillman House. 3rd January 1989
Demolition of Coads to make way for Burton s, Uxbridge 1936
Platforms under construction at the underground station, Uxbridge 1936
The final touches are added to the Slough Social Centre Circa 1936
Girder for new bridge, York Road, Uxbridge 1936
Excavations for new Uxbridge underground station 1936
