Inside a building site on St 320.

The family home- for now- at a building site on St 320.

41 year old Khim Sarith eats breakfast with his family in one of the rooms on the building site they are living and working in.

19 year old Rith Vibol broke both of his arms after falling several storeys on the building site where he lives with the rest of his family. Uninsured against workplace accidents, the medical bills totalled nearly $2,500 and swallowed the family's entire life savings.

Orn Na, age 40, helps her son Vibol to wash his hair, after a multi-storey fall broke both his arms. Orn Na earns just over $6 a day cementing walls, yet remains stoic that the family can recover from the loss of their savings.

Children at play in the half-constructed halls and rooms of a high-rise building site on St 320.

On building sites in Phnom Penh, seven workers were killed and two were seriously injured in the past six months, mostly from electric shocks and falls.

Men at work near Olympic Stadium. Many employers require workers to supply their own safety gear, but with such low salaries the outlay would leave them struggling to pay for necessities.

Early morning soccer practice in front of the Olympic Stadium 'Times Centre' construction site.

On-site accommodation is provided to workers at the 'Times Centre' building site.

Builders accommodation with a backdrop of new development, on the site of the future 'Phnom Penh City Centre' development on reclaimed land at Boeung Kak.

Inside the single, narrow alley in a shed built by the construction company to house its workers on the build site of the 'Phnom Penh City Centre' development. Where employers do provide accommodation for their workers, provisions are rudimentary at best.

Em Seng, 53 years old and from Prey Veng province, stands in her home on the grounds of the 'Phnom Penh City Centre' construction site.

A woman prepares food in her home; a single room inside a shed provided by the construction company on the build site of the 'Phnom Penh City Centre' development.

53 year old construction worker Em Seng sits with other women who have moved with their families from Prey Veng province to work in construction.

53 year old construction worker Em Seng

High-rise development and finished buildings dominate the skyline behind Phnom Penh's oldest public housing complex, the low-lying 'White Building'.

A view south from central Phnom Penh, across a skyline dominated by the shrouds of high-rise construction.