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John Logie Baird, the man who was the first in the world to televise objects in motion, has been inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame. Launched in 2011 by The Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland (IESIS), the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame is supported by engineeri
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A new £21 million Water Treatment Works (WTW) is to be built in Oban, Scottish Water has announced. Construction of the Tullich WTW is to begin in early 2016 with a view to becoming operational by Autumn 2017.
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The Forth Road Bridge (FRB) is to shut until the New Year for repairs following the discovery of defective steelwork. The decision to close has been taken after inspections carried out by specialist engineers and following advice and assessment of the fault by independent experts.
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A prankster has put the Forth Road Bridge up for sale on auction site ebay following Friday’s news that the link between Edinburgh and Fife will be closed for the remainder of the year. The cheeky advert was posted by ebay user nicelgin, who placed the ad in the ‘For parts or not working’ sect
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Edinburgh’s Mortonhall Memorial Garden opens The Mortonhall Memorial Garden has opened in Edinburgh following a series of consultation events held earlier in the year with parents affected by practices relating to the cremation of babies at the Mortonhall Crematorium.
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Dan McLauley An apprentice stonemason from Edinburgh College has been named one of the country’s most talented apprentices at SkillBuild, a national construction competition organised by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).
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Flexible rural planning policies must be ensured in any future changes to Scotland’s planning system, the country’s landowners have said. Scottish Land & Estates made the request in evidence submitted to the Scottish Government’s independent panel appointed to review the planning system.
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The urban regeneration of Laurieston, Glasgow, has been named Best Regeneration Project at the 2015 National Brick Awards. The awards are in their 39th year and celebrate excellence in design and construction using brick. They are the most well established and most widely respected of their kind in
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Councillor David McBride, West Dunbartonshire Council spokesperson for housing and communities; Cube chair Liz Ruine; Cube board member Jackie Barnes; and Richard Cairns, West Dunbartonshire Council’s executive director, infrastructure and regeneration at the launch of Wheatley Group’s five-year
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2006 - Maggie's Highland Cancer Centre (c Keith Hunter) Two Glasgow banks, the Bon Accord Baths in Aberdeen and Tongland Power Station in Kirkcudbright have all been named amongst on the nation’s favourite buildings.
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The closure of the First Road Bridge could have been avoided if it were not for the “incompetence” of government agency Transport Scotland, an engineer has claimed. John Carson, who led the team behind the Skye Bridge, said condemned the government agency for ditching plans to strengthen part of
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City Building has presented two charities with £10,000 each following successful fundraising activities. The cheques were presented to Cash for Kids and Kidney Research UK at Glasgow City Chambers following a charity golf day jointly organised by the construction company and the Lord Provost’s an
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WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff Glasgow director Pete Dunbar (left) and UK chief operating officer Mark Naysmith with at the opening of their new office on 110 Queen Street, Glasgow Over 110 employees from WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, the recently merged global professional services and engineering consulta
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Artist impression of planned extenstion to Greenbrae Primary School in Bridge of Don Work to create one of the Aberdeen’s largest school extensions is expected to start in January, the council has revealed.
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