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A wooden skyscraper that Austrian architects say will be the tallest of its kind in the world is to be built in Vienna next year– but the city’s fire brigade has concerns. The 84-metre (276ft) HoHo project in the Seestadt Aspern area, one of Europe’s largest urban development sites, will house

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGJyA3hl1D8&t=238 A sketch for US television show Saturday Night Live, which was hosted by Fifty Shades of Grey star Dakota Johnson, sees construction workers make upgrades to Christian’s “red room of pain”.

A CCG apprentice Construction and manufacturing business CCG has won the ‘Excellence in Young People Development’ award at the Lanarkshire Business Excellence Awards.

Easter Bush Campus Barr Construction has been awarded a £25 million contract for a new building complex at University of Edinburgh’s Easter Bush Campus in Roslin, Midlothian.

Charlie Garvie Eric Wright Water has opened a new office in Coatbridge near Glasgow and created nine jobs, with further recruitment still underway as part of their Scottish expansion programme.

The renovation of University of Edinburgh’s historic McEwan Hall has been won by Interserve with a bid of £19.1 million. The university says that its vision is to restore the Grade ‘A’ listed building to its former glory while taking the opportunity to open the ceremonial hall for the wider u

Scottish Water has begun work on a multi-million pound scheme to save homes in Springburn, Glasgow from flooding. Scottish Water decided to spend £12.4m on an improvement scheme following repeated flooding after 34 properties in Elmvale Row suffered flooded garages, car parks and roadways over a nu

Brian Berry The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has welcomed the Labour Party's commitment to build 200,000 new homes a year by 2020.

Aeial view of the Laggan Tormore site during construction Oil and gas services company Petrofac has lamented its “lack of construction experience” as the firm issued a further profit warning of about £130 million on its Laggan-Tormore gas plant project on Shetland.

Scottish Water has started work on a £1.2 million project to upgrade waste water management in the Cathcart area and improve the White Cart Water river environment. The project is part of a wider £250 million, five-year initiative to invest in waste water management across Greater Glasgow which wa

John Warchus Architects could be hit with compensation claims in the event of a data protection breach even if no ‘financial loss’ occurs, lawyers have warned.

Ogilvie Construction has been appointed to deliver a £23 million student housing and retail project on Edinburgh’s Leith Walk. The scheme is the first in Scotland for Yorkshire-based developer S Harrison, which is seeking new investment opportunities north of the Border.

By Puja Bhardwaj, assistant site manager for BAM Construction Despite the lingering stereotypes of the construction industry, I urge young people to consider a career in this dynamic, creative and technologically advanced industry that shapes the world we live in. There is a vast array of different

Monica Masowa is enjoying her first few days as the first female assistant site manager for Taylor Wimpey East Scotland, and she hopes her appointment will inspire others to get involved in the industry Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has demonstrated its commitment to developing and rewarding high-cali

A storage and inspection company is to invest up to £10 million to develop a site at Peterhead on a former World War II aerodrome. Independent Oilfield Services (IOS) has secured planning permission to develop a further 30 acres of its 80 acre supply base at the former Longside airfield to create s