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A construction worker plans to treat himself to a motorcycle after winning the lottery. Brent Drover, a resident of Burlington, Ontario, said that he’s been trying his luck in the Encore lottery ever since he “was of legal age to purchase tickets.”

A cryptocurrency firm in the Netherlands is using the heat produced by computers mining cryptocurrency to warm greenhouses growing tulips. The novel partnership has raised eyebrows, given the association of both tulips and some cryptocurrencies with speculative bubbles - but Bitcoin Brabant and

A family-run plumbing business has been fined £4,000 after a blind man fell into an open manhole at a sheltered housing development in Banchory. The 62-year-old registered-blind resident of Hanover Court suffered injuries to his left leg in the fall on February 19, 2020.

Political turmoil in the UK and shifting monetary and fiscal policies in the UK and Scotland over the last three months have accelerated housing market fluctuations already evident due to the economic consequences of the Russia-Ukraine War, according to new analysis by Rettie & Co. Des

City Property (Glasgow) LLP has been fined for health and safety failings which left a man with severe injuries and permanent impairment. The firm, which manages and disposes of Glasgow City Council’s surplus properties, pled guilty to health and safety breaches at Glasgow Sheriff Court o

The executive board of Royal BAM Group NV has announced that Ian Parish, executive director, BAM Nuttall, has decided to retire from the business on 31 December 2022. Mr Parish, who has over 38 years’ experience in the civil engineering industry, re-joined BAM Nuttall in 2020 as managing direc

An innovative and strong partnership approach to delivering the first Modern Apprenticeship (MA) in Building Standards is helping to address a major skills shortage in Building Standards across Scotland. ESP has worked with Local Authority Building Standards Scotland (LABSS), Scottish Government, UH

The Chartered Institute of Building’s (CIOB) Global Student Challenge competition has been launched with a new look for 2023. The competition, which has been running for more than a decade, requires teams of students studying for built environment qualifications, to create a virtual organisati

UK building, infrastructure, engineering and fit-out business Tilbury Douglas has appointed Martyn Smith as commercial director. With more than 25 years of experience, most recently as commercial director at Ferrovial Construction, Mr Smith has extensive knowledge of the sector and industry. Prior t

Almost all new homes in England must be built with gigabit broadband connections during construction under new laws brought into force by the UK Government. Ministers have amended the Building Regulations 2010 to ensure that home developers will be legally required to future-proof new homes in Engla

Contractors working at the GSK plant in Irvine will start strike action in a dispute over bonus payments from today. Around 40 workers employed by contractor Kaefer Limited are seeking a bonus payment of £2.37 an hour, the maximum allowed under the National Agreement for the Engineering Constr

Uig Harbour is to close on Monday 16 January 2023 for eight weeks to allow for the next phase of works to safeguard future ferry services, the Highland Council has confirmed. The planned and programmed outage is required for works to replace life expired infrastructure. The works during this st

The Highland Council has announced the release for public consultation of the draft Strathpeffer Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan. The Appraisal and Management Plan seek to define the characteristics that make Strathpeffer an area of special architectural and historic interest and set

A construction worker struck gold after he won more than $1.5 million in a local lottery game. The worker from Charles County in the US is now $1,540,418 richer after playing the Maryland Lottery’s Fast Play lottery.

Avant Homes managing director Alan Hopwood has left his job after less than nine months. The former Persimmon director joined the housebuilder at the end of March last year.