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  • HS2 contractors erect security fencing in front of works to fell a row of hundred-year-old oak trees in Leather Lane on 18th March 2021 in Great Missenden, United Kingdom. Almost 40,000 people have recently signed a petition calling for the oak trees lining the ancient country lane not to be felled to make way for a temporary haul road and construction compound in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link and local residents and conservationists have accused HS2 contractors of destroying active bird boxes on the site.
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  • While office workers remain at home in accordance to government Covid guidelines and individual corporate policies, two contractors carry their tools through reflected light in the street  in the City of London, the capitals financial district, during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 9th March 2021, in London, England.
    city_landscape28-09-03-2021.jpg
  • Contractors carry a publicity board for the new film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, hours before its UK premier in Leicester Square, on 13th November 2018, in London, England.
    grindelwald_premier-13-13-11-2018.jpg
  • Contractors erect a new regeneration project hoarding at Elephant Park, Elephant & Castle, on 11th October 2016, in London, England. Southwark Council’s development partner, Lendlease is regenerating over 28 acres across three sites at the heart of Elephant & Castle, in what is the latest major regeneration opportunity in zone 1 London. The vision for the £1.5 billion regeneration is to build on the area’s strengths and vibrant character in order to re-establish Elephant & Castle as one of London’s most flourishing urban quarters. The Elephant & Castle regeneration is of a scale rarely seen in central London and includes almost 3,000 new homes, plus office, retail, community, leisure and restaurant space.
    elephant_park-47-11-10-2016.jpg
  • Workers with City of London street contractor Amey, load plastic bags of litter and waste into their van outside the Bank of England, on 3rd September 2018, in London England. Amey PLC provides street cleansing and waste collection services on behalf of the City of London Corporation, along with bespoke total waste management solutions to businesses in and around the City of London. Ameys workforce of 19,000 works across four continents – making us a leading supplier of consulting and infrastructure support services both in the UK and internationally.
    bank_triangle-09-03-09-2018.jpg
  • Demolition site by contractor Erith at the northern end of London Bridge, City of London. Looking down from a high position on London Bridge, we see the width of this former office building site that is now a heap of rubble, contrte and twisted metal being cleared for a future redevelopment. Heavy machinery by contractor Erith is op[erating to clear the site before the new architecture replaces the eighties design. Walkways have been placed for safety and scaffolding supports weakened structures.
    demolition_site02-21-04-2015_1.jpg
  • Demolition site by contractor Erith at the northern end of London Bridge, City of London. Looking down from a high position on London Bridge, we see the width of this former office building site that is now a heap of rubble, contrte and twisted metal being cleared for a future redevelopment. Heavy machinery by contractor Erith is op[erating to clear the site before the new architecture replaces the eighties design. Walkways have been placed for safety and scaffolding supports weakened structures.
    demolition_site01-21-04-2015_1.jpg
  • London contractor workmen close construction site screens, showing a new development at Leicester Square for 2012. Drawing the fencing to a close to prevent non-essential pedestrians from wandering onto the site itself, the men pull the screens together to reveal computer-generated imagery of how this iconic west end landmark will look when the forthcoming Olympics are held in the summer. Leicester Square's revamp will cover over 160 square metres showing past, present and future’ hoardings installed around the redevelopment works in the Square. Designed to showcase the best of the iconic square through time, the new hoardings are part of an £18 million plan by Westminster City Council to revitalise the Leicester Square streetscape.
    2012_renewal02-22-03-2012_1.jpg
  • Security employed by contractor OCS searches a passenger at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Teams of 5-8 perform a rotational order of tasks, changing every 20 minutes: A loader (asking travellers to take off clothing, shoes etc); archway detectors; X-ray operator; liquid tester and bag searcher. The X-ray operator can earn a £50 bonus for a suspect item randomly inserted by undercover officials and known as an Airlock Find. Also, a Tip is a random image flashed on the screen that shows a suspect item they have to spot. A typical day of searched passengers is 25,000 passengers in T5. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1467-18-08-2009_1.jpg
  • Security employed by contractor OCS searches a passenger at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Teams of 5-8 perform a rotational order of tasks, changing every 20 minutes: A loader (asking travellers to take off clothing, shoes etc); archway detectors; X-ray operator; liquid tester and bag searcher. The X-ray operator can earn a £50 bonus for a suspect item randomly inserted by undercover officials and known as an Airlock Find. Also, a Tip is a random image flashed on the screen that shows a suspect item they have to spot. A typical day of searched passengers is 25,000 passengers in T5. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
    heathrow_airport1467-18-08-2009_1 1.jpg
  • Ten weeks after the UK went into Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, the Office for National Statistics reveal that the total death toll has passed 50,000 covid-19 victims, clothing mannequins in the shop window of a retailer undergoing extensive refurbishment, are covered in a protective layer of plastic, in the City of London, the capitals financial district, on 2nd June 2020, in London, England. The retail industry has taken advantage of quiet roads during lockdown, as an opportunity to have repairs and refurbs caried out in their premises.
    coronavirus_city-19-02-06-2020.jpg
  • Workmen carry a spool of wiring through a Soho street in London's West End. Seen from the rear, we look at the two men manhandling the reel of electrical wires along the street from their construction site to their parked vehicle in a local car park. They walk along a side street in Chinatown in the West End of London - known for restaurants and food retail businesses.
    workmen_spool02-03-12-2014_1.jpg
  • Two workmen paint black iron railings of a restaurant on Dean Street in the heart of Soho, on 5th March 2018, in London, England.
    painting_railings-02-05-03-2018.jpg
  • A chef working for the world's largest independent provider of airline catering and provisioning services, Gate Gourmet, fries Welsh Lamb cutlets in the company's factory on the southern perimeter road at Heathrow Airport, West London. Gate Gourmet serve more than 200 million meals on 2 million airline flights a year to their 250-plus airline customers at more than 100 airport locations around the globe. Apart from creating the bespoke meals for an airline's culture and ethnic demands, that pack the pre-flight carts, deliver and load into the aircraft galleys and afterwards, they dispose of the waste and strip, wash and sterilize the equipment. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
    heathrow_airport1368-18-08-2009_1 1.jpg
  • A production line of lady employees from the world's largest independent provider of airline catering and provisioning services, Gate Gourmet, prepare salad trays in the company's factory on the southern perimeter road at Heathrow Airport, West London. Gate Gourmet serve more than 200 million meals on 2 million airline flights a year to their 250-plus airline customers at more than 100 airport locations around the globe. Apart from creating the bespoke meals for an airline's culture and ethnic demands, that pack the pre-flight carts, deliver and load into the aircraft galleys and afterwards, they dispose of the waste and strip, wash and sterilize the equipment. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
    heathrow_airport1357-18-08-2009_1 1.jpg
  • A production line of lady employees from the world's largest independent provider of airline catering and provisioning services, Gate Gourmet, prepare salad trays in the company's factory on the southern perimeter road at Heathrow Airport, West London. Gate Gourmet serve more than 200 million meals on 2 million airline flights a year to their 250-plus airline customers at more than 100 airport locations around the globe. Apart from creating the bespoke meals for an airline's culture and ethnic demands, that pack the pre-flight carts, deliver and load into the aircraft galleys and afterwards, they dispose of the waste and strip, wash and sterilize the equipment. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
    heathrow_airport1361-18-08-2009_1 1.jpg
  • Meat salads are stacked in readiness for an airline flight in the world's largest independent provider of airline catering and provisioning services, Gate Gourmet, on the southern perimeter road at Heathrow Airport, West London. Gate Gourmet serve more than 200 million meals on 2 million airline flights a year to their 250-plus airline customers at more than 100 airport locations around the globe. Apart from creating the bespoke meals for an airline's culture and ethnic demands, that pack the pre-flight carts, deliver and load into the aircraft galleys and afterwards, they dispose of the waste and strip, wash and sterilize the equipment. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1353-18-08-2009_1 1.jpg
  • A lady employee of the world's largest independent provider of airline catering and provisioning services, Gate Gourmet, reaches out to add the last items in the company's factory on the southern perimeter road at Heathrow Airport, West London. Gate Gourmet serve more than 200 million meals on 2 million airline flights a year to their 250-plus airline customers at more than 100 airport locations around the globe. Apart from creating the bespoke meals for an airline's culture and ethnic demands, that pack the pre-flight carts, deliver and load into the aircraft galleys and afterwards, they dispose of the waste and strip, wash and sterilize the equipment. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1349-18-08-2009_1.jpg
  • A female security officer has spotted an abandoned bag with the words 'Giraffe To Go' on the side, inside a lift of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5. The woman talks urgently but calmly using her walkie-talkie. She needs to report it to her controllers as a suspicious package but may turn out to be an innocent lunch bag left by a hurrying and absent-minded passenger, realising their flight is about to close, instead of a bomb left by a malicious terrorist. The lady bends down to give as accurate description as she can before airport police arrive to determine how serious the treat is and possibly order a costly evacuation. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport505-14-07-2009_1 1.jpg
  • An outdoor set is constructed for the Christian Dior fashion house in London's Bond Street during Vogue's Fashion's Night Out festival in the streets of the West End. Contracted workmen wearing high-vis tabard vests put the finishing touches to a raised ramp that a Dior-sponsored taxi cab will be placed upon, complete with fake double-yellow lines. The fake road surface is being laid out as other workmen prepare a Dior street sign and staple parts of the ramp together.
    dior_show1-08-September-2011_1.jpg
  • As England finishes its second Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, and London enters a Tier 2 restriction, cleaning staff at 'Galerie Richard Orlinski' in Bond Street, hoovers the carpet before the first customers return to the West End to start their Christmas shopping, on 2nd December 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_shopping20-02-12-2020.jpg
  • As England finishes its second Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, and London enters a Tier 2 restriction, cleaning staff at 'Galerie Richard Orlinski' in Bond Street, wipe window surfaces and floors before the first customers return to the West End to start their Christmas shopping, on 2nd December 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_shopping11-02-12-2020.jpg
  • Two construction workers wash after a long shift constructing Hong Kong's new airport on Chep Lap Kok Island. With their backs turned to the viewer, the workmen attend to their hygiene at a makeshift washhouse attached to a yellow shipping container. One man reaches to wash between his shoulder blades and the other rinses his forearms. The island has been inhabited on and off since the Middle Neolithic period 6,000 years ago and the airport was built on a large artificial island formed by levelling Chek Lap Kok and Lam Chau islands (3.02 km² and 0.08 km² respectively), and reclaiming 9.38 km² of the adjacent seabed. The original farming and fishing villages on the island were relocated to Chek Lap Kok Village on Lantau. The core programme cost more than $20bn and involved four major sponsors, ten separate projects and 225 construction contracts.
    construction_workers01-30-06-1997_1.jpg
  • Abseiling painters put a fresh coat of colour on the exterior of the Laneborough Hotel at Hyde Park Corner, on 8th June 2018, in London, England.
    abseiling_painters-05-07-06-2018.jpg
  • Lambeth property called The Corniche development marketing hoarding landscape. Workmen attend to an issue on the roadside in front of a futuristic impression of a penthouse balcony cityscape where a young affluent couple gaze over the Thames in a utopian dream. The homes going up here will " .. offer a selection of luxurious one, two and three bedroom apartments and penthouses boasting magnificent views of some of London's most iconic landmarks.."
    property_hoarding09-18-02-2015_1.jpg
  • Construction workers and shop mannequins stand outside a budget store in Oxford Street, on 12th December 2017, in London England.
    london_people-02-12-12-2017.jpg
  • Menu specification of a Business Class in-flight airline salmon meal are compared next to finished dishes in the world's largest independent provider of airline catering and provisioning services, Gate Gourmet, reaches out to add the last items in the company's factory on the southern perimeter road at Heathrow Airport, West London. Gate Gourmet serve more than 200 million meals on 2 million airline flights a year to their 250-plus airline customers at more than 100 airport locations around the globe. Apart from creating the bespoke meals for an airline's culture and ethnic demands, that pack the pre-flight carts, deliver and load into the aircraft galleys and afterwards, they dispose of the waste and strip, wash and sterilize the equipment. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1379-18-08-2009_1.jpg
  • Menu specification of a Business Class in-flight airline salmon meal are compared next to finished dishes in the world's largest independent provider of airline catering and provisioning services, Gate Gourmet, reaches out to add the last items in the company's factory on the southern perimeter road at Heathrow Airport, West London. Gate Gourmet serve more than 200 million meals on 2 million airline flights a year to their 250-plus airline customers at more than 100 airport locations around the globe. Apart from creating the bespoke meals for an airline's culture and ethnic demands, that pack the pre-flight carts, deliver and load into the aircraft galleys and afterwards, they dispose of the waste and strip, wash and sterilize the equipment. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
    heathrow_airport1379-18-08-2009_1 1.jpg
  • A chef working for the world's largest independent provider of airline catering and provisioning services, Gate Gourmet, fries Welsh Lamb cutlets in the company's factory on the southern perimeter road at Heathrow Airport, West London. Gate Gourmet serve more than 200 million meals on 2 million airline flights a year to their 250-plus airline customers at more than 100 airport locations around the globe. Apart from creating the bespoke meals for an airline's culture and ethnic demands, that pack the pre-flight carts, deliver and load into the aircraft galleys and afterwards, they dispose of the waste and strip, wash and sterilize the equipment. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1368-18-08-2009_1.jpg
  • A lady employee of the world's largest independent provider of airline catering and provisioning services, Gate Gourmet, reaches out to add the last items to fresh fruit salads in the company's factory on the southern perimeter road at Heathrow Airport, West London. Gate Gourmet serve more than 200 million meals on 2 million airline flights a year to their 250-plus airline customers at more than 100 airport locations around the globe. Apart from creating the bespoke meals for an airline's culture and ethnic demands, that pack the pre-flight carts, deliver and load into the aircraft galleys and afterwards, they dispose of the waste and strip, wash and sterilize the equipment. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1364-18-08-2009_1.jpg
  • A lady employee of the world's largest independent provider of airline catering and provisioning services, Gate Gourmet, wheels a galley trolley to be filled with fresh airline food in the company's factory on the southern perimeter road at Heathrow Airport, West London. Gate Gourmet serve more than 200 million meals on 2 million airline flights a year to their 250-plus airline customers at more than 100 airport locations around the globe. Apart from creating the bespoke meals for an airline's culture and ethnic demands, that pack the pre-flight carts, deliver and load into the aircraft galleys and afterwards, they dispose of the waste and strip, wash and sterilize the equipment. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1376-18-08-2009_1.jpg
  • A lady employee of the world's largest independent provider of airline catering and provisioning services, Gate Gourmet, reaches out to add the last items to fresh fruit salads in the company's factory on the southern perimeter road at Heathrow Airport, West London. Gate Gourmet serve more than 200 million meals on 2 million airline flights a year to their 250-plus airline customers at more than 100 airport locations around the globe. Apart from creating the bespoke meals for an airline's culture and ethnic demands, that pack the pre-flight carts, deliver and load into the aircraft galleys and afterwards, they dispose of the waste and strip, wash and sterilize the equipment. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
    heathrow_airport1364-18-08-2009_1 1.jpg
  • A production line of lady employees from the world's largest independent provider of airline catering and provisioning services, Gate Gourmet, prepare salad trays in the company's factory on the southern perimeter road at Heathrow Airport, West London. Gate Gourmet serve more than 200 million meals on 2 million airline flights a year to their 250-plus airline customers at more than 100 airport locations around the globe. Apart from creating the bespoke meals for an airline's culture and ethnic demands, that pack the pre-flight carts, deliver and load into the aircraft galleys and afterwards, they dispose of the waste and strip, wash and sterilize the equipment. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1361-18-08-2009_1.jpg
  • A production line of lady employees from the world's largest independent provider of airline catering and provisioning services, Gate Gourmet, prepare salad trays in the company's factory on the southern perimeter road at Heathrow Airport, West London. Gate Gourmet serve more than 200 million meals on 2 million airline flights a year to their 250-plus airline customers at more than 100 airport locations around the globe. Apart from creating the bespoke meals for an airline's culture and ethnic demands, that pack the pre-flight carts, deliver and load into the aircraft galleys and afterwards, they dispose of the waste and strip, wash and sterilize the equipment. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1357-18-08-2009_1.jpg
  • A lady employee of the world's largest independent provider of airline catering and provisioning services, Gate Gourmet, reaches out to add the last items in the company's factory on the southern perimeter road at Heathrow Airport, West London. Gate Gourmet serve more than 200 million meals on 2 million airline flights a year to their 250-plus airline customers at more than 100 airport locations around the globe. Apart from creating the bespoke meals for an airline's culture and ethnic demands, that pack the pre-flight carts, deliver and load into the aircraft galleys and afterwards, they dispose of the waste and strip, wash and sterilize the equipment. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
    heathrow_airport1349-18-08-2009_1 1.jpg
  • Meat salads are stacked in readiness for an airline flight in the world's largest independent provider of airline catering and provisioning services, Gate Gourmet, on the southern perimeter road at Heathrow Airport, West London. Gate Gourmet serve more than 200 million meals on 2 million airline flights a year to their 250-plus airline customers at more than 100 airport locations around the globe. Apart from creating the bespoke meals for an airline's culture and ethnic demands, that pack the pre-flight carts, deliver and load into the aircraft galleys and afterwards, they dispose of the waste and strip, wash and sterilize the equipment. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
    heathrow_airport1353-18-08-2009_1.jpg
  • A female security officer has spotted an abandoned bag with the words 'Giraffe To Go' on the side, inside a lift of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5. The woman talks urgently but calmly using her walkie-talkie. She needs to report it to her controllers as a suspicious package but may turn out to be an innocent lunch bag left by a hurrying and absent-minded passenger, realising their flight is about to close, instead of a bomb left by a malicious terrorist. The lady bends down to give as accurate description as she can before airport police arrive to determine how serious the treat is and possibly order a costly evacuation. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport505-14-07-2009_1.jpg
  • As England finishes its second Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, and London enters a Tier 2 restriction, cleaning staff at 'Galerie Richard Orlinski' in Bond Street, wipe window surfaces and floors before the first customers return to the West End to start their Christmas shopping, on 2nd December 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_shopping18-02-12-2020.jpg
  • As England finishes its second Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, and London enters a Tier 2 restriction, cleaning staff at 'Galerie Richard Orlinski' in Bond Street, wipe window surfaces and floors before the first customers return to the West End to start their Christmas shopping, on 2nd December 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_shopping15-02-12-2020.jpg
  • Ten weeks after the UK went into Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, the Office for National Statistics reveal that the total death toll has passed 50,000 covid-19 victims, clothing mannequins in the shop window of a retailer undergoing extensive refurbishment, are covered in a protective layer of plastic, in the City of London, the capitals financial district, on 2nd June 2020, in London, England. The retail industry has taken advantage of quiet roads during lockdown, as an opportunity to have repairs and refurbs caried out in their premises.
    coronavirus_city-22-02-06-2020.jpg
  • Two workmen parked in their company van, check messages and organise tools in the rear of their vehicle, in the City of London, the capitals financial heart, on 25th September 2018, in London, England.
    city_people-09-25-09-2018.jpg
  • A construction worker supervises the lifting by crane of new flooring to an upper floor at the new development high-rise development at 22 Bishopsgate in the City of London - the capitals financial district, on 21st August 2018, in London, England. 22 Bishopsgate is a commercial skyscraper under construction in London, United Kingdom. It will occupy a prominent site on Bishopsgate, in the City of London financial district, and is set to stand 278 m tall with 62 storeys. The project replaces an earlier plan for a 288 m tower named The Pinnacle, on which construction was started in 2008 but suspended in 2012 following the Great Recession.
    city_construction-24-21-08-2018.jpg
  • Abseiling painters put a fresh coat of colour on the exterior of the Laneborough Hotel at Hyde Park Corner, on 8th June 2018, in London, England.
    abseiling_painters-09-07-06-2018.jpg
  • Abseiling painters put a fresh coat of colour on the exterior of the Laneborough Hotel at Hyde Park Corner, on 8th June 2018, in London, England.
    abseiling_painters-06-07-06-2018.jpg
  • Abseiling painters put a fresh coat of colour on the exterior of the Laneborough Hotel at Hyde Park Corner, on 8th June 2018, in London, England.
    abseiling_painters-04-07-06-2018.jpg
  • A lady employee of the world's largest independent provider of airline catering and provisioning services, Gate Gourmet, wheels a galley trolley to be filled with fresh airline food in the company's factory on the southern perimeter road at Heathrow Airport, West London. Gate Gourmet serve more than 200 million meals on 2 million airline flights a year to their 250-plus airline customers at more than 100 airport locations around the globe. Apart from creating the bespoke meals for an airline's culture and ethnic demands, that pack the pre-flight carts, deliver and load into the aircraft galleys and afterwards, they dispose of the waste and strip, wash and sterilize the equipment. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
    heathrow_airport1376-18-08-2009_1 1.jpg
  • Contractors install Christmas decorations to the frontage of Bond Street retailer Smythsons as the second lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic comes to a end, and a day before London enters the Tier 2 restriction when retailers will be allowed to once again re-open for the run-up to Christmas, on 1st December 2020, in London, England.
    smythson_decorations02-01-12-2020.jpg
  • Above an illustration of two women office workers at their desks who appear on the side of parked van, two male contractors abseil down to clean the windows of corporate offices in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
    window_cleaners05-26-10-2020.jpg
  • A gas supply contractors yellow sleeve is coiled on a trailer before instillation under the paths of a residential street in Lambeth, on 30th January 2018, in London, England.
    construction_sleeve-01-30-01-2019.jpg
  • Contractors working for Lambeth Council begin the controversial conversion of Carnegie Library into a gym, by pouring concrete into the Grade II listed building, on 18th December 2017, in Herne Hill, south London, England. Shut by Lambeth council and occupied by protesters for 10 days in April, the library which was bequeathed by American philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie has been locked ever since because, say Lambeth austerity cuts are necessary even though 24hr security make it more expensive to keep closed than open for the local community. A gym that locals say they dont want or need is planned to replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it.
    carnegie_library-02-18-12-2017.jpg
  • Contractors install Christmas decorations to the frontage of Bond Street retailer Smythsons as the second lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic comes to a end, and a day before London enters the Tier 2 restriction when retailers will be allowed to once again re-open for the run-up to Christmas, on 1st December 2020, in London, England.
    smythson_decorations01-01-12-2020.jpg
  • Signs indicate a security-manned access point to a site for the HS2 Great Missenden Haul Road on 17th July 2020 in Great Missenden, United Kingdom. The Department for Transport approved the issuing of Notices to Proceed by HS2 Ltd to the four Main Works Civils Contractors MWCC working on the £106bn high-speed rail link project in April 2020.
    MK-20200717-HS2-works-002.jpg
  • Above an illustration of two women office workers at their desks who appear on the side of parked van, two male contractors abseil down to clean the windows of corporate offices in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
    window_cleaners02-26-10-2020.jpg
  • A sign indicates a security-manned access point to a site for the HS2 Great Missenden Haul Road on 17th July 2020 in Great Missenden, United Kingdom. The Department for Transport approved the issuing of Notices to Proceed by HS2 Ltd to the four Main Works Civils Contractors MWCC working on the £106bn high-speed rail link project in April 2020.
    MK-20200717-HS2-works-003.jpg
  • Street cleaner from contractor Veolia winds up hose after hosing down waste bin in Oxford Street, central London. <br />
Coiling up the lengths of piping, the employee tucks the end into the machinery. Environmental solutions contractor Veolia provides a comprehensive range of waste, water and energy management services designed to build the circular economy and preserve scarce raw materials.
    contract_cleaner01-04-03-2015_1.jpg
  • Apartment balconies of new Housing Association accomodation in the 2012 Olympic development zone built by contractor Armore. This is in east London, a kilometre south of the 2012 London Olympic Park and stadium site. Purple colour themed balconies look both modern and attractive to poorer residents in this otherwise downtrodden borough of Newham and designed and built by contractor, Ardmore for Genesis Housing Association, 150 High Street, Stratford, 704 homes, in five new residential blocks, one of which, at over 132 metres, will be one of the highest residential towers in London.
    olympic_stratford06-15-03-2012.jpg
  • A Lambeth council contractor repairs park railings by welding uprights. With sparks flaring, fall and bounce off the pavement from his equipment on the ground. The man has been employed by Lambeth council to repair the railings that surround Ruskin Park, a public space in this south London borough. The workman uses Oxy-fuel welding (commonly called oxyacetylene welding, oxy welding, or gas welding in the U.S.) and oxy-fuel cutting are processes that use fuel gases and oxygen to weld and cut metals, respectively.
    welder02-19-12-2013_1_1.jpg
  • A construction contractor with Careys Civil Engineering rests after spreading fresh concrete at Elephant & Castle, on 15th July 2019, in London, England.
    bus_journey-01-15-07-2019.jpg
  • A construction contractor paints benches green and pink, located at Elephant Park in south London, on 29th March 2021, in London, England.
    elephant_and_castle05-29-03-2021.jpg
  • A gas contractor uncoils piping collars from a giant reel, on 28th February 2017, in London, England.
    street_roadworks-07-27-02-2017.jpg
  • A conservator with City of London contractor Rupert Harris Conservation, uses a pressure jet spray to hose off  urban grime the statue of Victorian philanthropist, entrepreneur and banker George Peabody (1795 to 1869). As part of a rolling programme of maintenance and cleaning by the Square Mile's governing Corporation, historic items - from statues and plaques to other pieces of historic value are regularly attended to.
    statue_cleaning05-09-02-2015_1.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-09-01-12-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-05-01-12-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-04-01-12-2017.jpg
  • A Claas combine harvester edges slowly through rural hamlet in Langlade, Charente-Maritime region, France. Between stone walls and the homes of local villagers, the large machinery tows the cutterbar behind on wheels, pulling it along towards the next field to be harvested. The weather is good for bringing in the corn or barley on nearby farms but rain is forecast in coming days so the contractor/operator needs to work till late and move on to the next job before the sunshine and warmth ends.
    longlade_village07-03-07-2014_1.jpg
  • Emerging from his van, a dry cleaning contractor gathers many items of freshly-cleaned business clothing and delivers to a nearby address in the City of London - the capitals financial district, on 10th October 2018, in London, England.
    dry_cleaning-05-10-10-2018.jpg
  • With the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown rules being eased, pubs and restaurant businesses are slowly re-opening and a contractor smooths a over a sticker sign just applied to the window of Wasabi in Shaftesbury Avenue in the capitals West End, on 6th July 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-12-06-07-2020.jpg
  • With the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown rules being eased, pubs and restaurant businesses are slowly re-opening and a contractor smooths a over a sticker sign just applied to the window of Wasabi in Shaftesbury Avenue in the capitals West End, on 6th July 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-11-06-07-2020.jpg
  • With the Wren-designed St Paul's in the background, a cleaning crew with the contractor Conway wash down surfaces on the Millennium Bridge for the first time in its 15 year history. Workers in hi-vis clothing have climbed onto the bridge's suspension steel supports and have begun the large job to make the crossing across the river Thames a cleaner experience. Pedestrians walk across this footbridge linking Bankside with the City of London. Construction began in 1998 and it initially opened in June 2000. Londoners nicknamed the bridge the "Wobbly Bridge" after pedestrians initially felt an unexpected swaying motion.
    conways_millenium25-02-11-2015_1.jpg
  • A cleaning crew with the contractor Conway wash down surfaces on the Millennium Bridge for the first time in its 15 year history. Workers in hi-vis clothing have climbed onto the bridge's suspension steel supports and have begun the large job to make the crossing across the river Thames a cleaner experience. Pedestrians walk across this footbridge linking Bankside with the City of London. Construction began in 1998 and it initially opened in June 2000. Londoners nicknamed the bridge the "Wobbly Bridge" after pedestrians initially felt an unexpected swaying motion.
    conways_millenium12-02-11-2015_1.jpg
  • With the Shard in the background, a cleaning crew with the contractor Conway wash down surfaces on the Millennium Bridge for the first time in its 15 year history. Workers in hi-vis clothing have climbed onto the bridge's suspension steel supports and have begun the large job to make the crossing across the river Thames a cleaner experience. Pedestrians walk across this footbridge linking Bankside with the City of London. Construction began in 1998 and it initially opened in June 2000. Londoners nicknamed the bridge the "Wobbly Bridge" after pedestrians initially felt an unexpected swaying motion.
    conways_millenium20-02-11-2015_1.jpg
  • With the Shard in the background, a cleaning crew with the contractor Conway wash down surfaces on the Millennium Bridge for the first time in its 15 year history. Workers in hi-vis clothing have climbed onto the bridge's suspension steel supports and have begun the large job to make the crossing across the river Thames a cleaner experience. Pedestrians walk across this footbridge linking Bankside with the City of London. Construction began in 1998 and it initially opened in June 2000. Londoners nicknamed the bridge the "Wobbly Bridge" after pedestrians initially felt an unexpected swaying motion.
    conways_millenium19-02-11-2015_1.jpg
  • A street sweeper with contractor Amey brushes round a leaning automatic traffic control bollard in St . Swithins Lane, City of London. The workman wears a high-vis jacket and trousers with a bright red hat and he reaches awkwardly behind the damaged pole that leans at an odd angle, seemingly hit by a vehicle. Behind him is swept litter that he will deposit into his bin trolley. It is an odd scene of irregularity in otherwise regimented urban streets of the capital's financial centre aka The Square Mile, founded by the Romans in the 1st century.
    city_people32-02-11-2015_1.jpg
  • A street cleaning contractor uses a pick-up tool to remove a blue arrow on the ground in Leicester Square, on 13th November 2018, in London, England.
    arrow_litter-01-13-11-2018.jpg
  • A contractor struggles with unstable office locker furniture being removed from from a nearby building during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic, in the City of London, the capitals financial district, on 10th February 2021, in London, England.
    coronavirus_city10-10-02-2021_1.jpg
  • A window cleaning contractor wipes glass while abseiling down the side of high-rise apartments at Nine Elms, Battersea, during the second lockdown of the UK's Coronavirus pandemic, when all but essential retailers and businesses remain shut according to the government's restriction rules, on 13th November 2020, in London, England.
    window_cleaner02-13-11-2020.jpg
  • Warning of Wet Paint, taped to the pavement in a central London sidestreet. The contractor has printed the notice and stuck it to the ground using gaffer tape. The warning is meant to be seen and taken seriously so green is the theme of this sign - a paint brush with red paint in a circle of green: Two prime colours to attract the unwary.
    wet_paint01-28-04-2015_1.jpg
  • As a visitor eats his takeaway lunch, a council street cleaning contractor adds more waste to his growing binful of rubbish in Trafalgar Square, on 15th June 2019, in London, England.
    west_end_people-11-14-06-2019.jpg
  • A tree surgeon working as a contractor for London's Lambeth council trims high ash branches and boughs in Ruskin Park. Distant Edwardian period homes can be seen with blocks of flats in the Loughborough Estate are beyond. The man is tethered to safety harnesses and he swings himself across the large tree trimming and cutting the heavier and less stable arms of the plant's surfaces. Councils like Lambeth take the health of their public park's trees very seriously after incidents of falling parts onto innocent passers-by, with resulting injuries and legal action.
    tree_surgeon01-28-03-2011_1_1.jpg
  • A conservator with City of London contractor Rupert Harris Conservation, uses a pressure jet spray to hose off  urban grime the statue of Victorian philanthropist, entrepreneur and banker George Peabody (1795 to 1869). As part of a rolling programme of maintenance and cleaning by the Square Mile's governing Corporation, historic items - from statues and plaques to other pieces of historic value are regularly attended to.
    statue_cleaning06-09-02-2015_1.jpg
  • A conservator with City of London contractor Rupert Harris Conservation, washes off soap solution from the statue of Victorian philanthropist, entrepreneur and banker George Peabody (1795 to 1869). As part of a rolling programme of maintenance and cleaning by the Square Mile's governing Corporation, historic items - from statues and plaques to other pieces of historic value are regularly attended to.
    statue_cleaning04-09-02-2015_1.jpg
  • A construction hoarding from the contractor Keir and undergrowth of nearby church land, on 30th January 2018, in the south London borough of Southwark, England. Kier Group is a leading property, residential, construction and services group, employing over 21,000 people in its operations in the UK, the Middle East, Australia and Hong Kong.
    southwark-25-30-01-2018.jpg
  • A construction hoarding from the contractor Keir and undergrowth of nearby church land, on 30th January 2018, in the south London borough of Southwark, England. Kier Group is a leading property, residential, construction and services group, employing over 21,000 people in its operations in the UK, the Middle East, Australia and Hong Kong.
    southwark-24-30-01-2018.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-06-01-12-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-08-01-12-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-12-01-12-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-14-01-12-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-11-01-12-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-10-01-12-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-01-01-12-2017.jpg
  • Three days after the terrorist attack in which 7 people died and many others suffered life-changing injuries on London Bridge and Borough Market, a contractor street cleaner crosses the still-closed road, on 6th June 2017, on London Bridge, in the south London borough of Southwark, England. City commuters now back at work walk respectfully and quietly past the floral memorial at the plinth marking the southern boundary of the City of London, the capitals financial district.
    london_bridge_terrorism-15-06-06-201...jpg
  • Three days after the terrorist attack in which 7 people died and many others suffered life-changing injuries on London Bridge and Borough Market, a contractor street cleaner crosses the still-closed road, on 6th June 2017, on London Bridge, in the south London borough of Southwark, England. City commuters now back at work walk respectfully and quietly past the floral memorial at the plinth marking the southern boundary of the City of London, the capitals financial district.
    london_bridge_terrorism-15-06-06-201...jpg
  • After a bleak year of Coronavirus pandemic misery, a contractor applies stars to window glass in Harvey Nichols's Christmas-themed window which urges Londoners to be optimistic for the coming year, on 13th November 2020, in London, England.
    knightsbridge_optimism06-13-11-2020.jpg
  • After a bleak year of Coronavirus pandemic misery, a contractor applies stars to window glass in Harvey Nichols's Christmas-themed window which urges Londoners to be optimistic for the coming year, on 13th November 2020, in London, England.
    knightsbridge_optimism09-13-11-2020.jpg
  • Emerging from his van, a dry cleaning contractor gathers many items of freshly-cleaned business clothing and delivers to a nearby address in the City of London - the capitals financial district, on 10th October 2018, in London, England.
    dry_cleaning-04-10-10-2018.jpg
  • With the UKs Coronavirus pandemic lockdown easing with preparations going ahead for the opening of more public transport and services plus shops, another 151 have died from Covid-19 bringing the total in the last 24hrs to 41,279. A wider range of retailers are due to re-open their doors for non-essential purchases next Monday 15th June and a contractor measures 2 metre spaces before sticking markers onto the ground to show shoppers where to queue, on Oxford Street, on 11th June 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_oxford_street-27-11-06-2...jpg
  • With the Wren-designed St Paul's in the background, a cleaning crew with the contractor Conway wash down surfaces on the Millennium Bridge for the first time in its 15 year history. Workers in hi-vis clothing have climbed onto the bridge's suspension steel supports and have begun the large job to make the crossing across the river Thames a cleaner experience. Pedestrians walk across this footbridge linking Bankside with the City of London. Construction began in 1998 and it initially opened in June 2000. Londoners nicknamed the bridge the "Wobbly Bridge" after pedestrians initially felt an unexpected swaying motion.
    conways_millenium26-02-11-2015_1.jpg
  • A cleaning crew with the contractor Conway wash down surfaces on the Millennium Bridge for the first time in its 15 year history. Workers in hi-vis clothing have climbed onto the bridge's suspension steel supports and have begun the large job to make the crossing across the river Thames a cleaner experience. Pedestrians walk across this footbridge linking Bankside with the City of London. Construction began in 1998 and it initially opened in June 2000. Londoners nicknamed the bridge the "Wobbly Bridge" after pedestrians initially felt an unexpected swaying motion.
    conways_millenium11-02-11-2015_1.jpg
  • A cleaning crew with the contractor Conway wash down surfaces on the Millennium Bridge for the first time in its 15 year history. Workers in hi-vis clothing have climbed onto the bridge's suspension steel supports and have begun the large job to make the crossing across the river Thames a cleaner experience. Pedestrians walk across this footbridge linking Bankside with the City of London. Construction began in 1998 and it initially opened in June 2000. Londoners nicknamed the bridge the "Wobbly Bridge" after pedestrians initially felt an unexpected swaying motion.
    conways_millenium07-02-11-2015_1.jpg
  • A cleaning crew with the contractor Conway wash down surfaces on the Millennium Bridge for the first time in its 15 year history. Workers in hi-vis clothing have climbed onto the bridge's suspension steel supports and have begun the large job to make the crossing across the river Thames a cleaner experience. Pedestrians walk across this footbridge linking Bankside with the City of London. Construction began in 1998 and it initially opened in June 2000. Londoners nicknamed the bridge the "Wobbly Bridge" after pedestrians initially felt an unexpected swaying motion.
    conways_millenium02-02-11-2015_1.jpg
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