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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has hailed the future of steel and engineering in Scotland as she formally reopened the country’s last major steelworks today. The Dalzell plate mill in Motherwell was mothballed by Tata Steel in 2015, with the loss of 225 jobs, before being taken over by Liberty Hou

The Greater Easterhouse area of Glasgow is set to be transformed with 6,000 new homes and new nurseries and schools as part of a 20-year revamp plan. A Glasgow City Council report yesterday outlined how the regeneration of Easterhouse and the surrounding area will also include transport infrastructu

China's recent obsession with glass tourist attractions has gone round the U-bend with the opening of some see-through treetop public toilets. The BBC reports that the loos, near Shiyan Lake in southern Hunan province, boast panoramas of the surrounding forest’s lush treetops, the silver waters of

A team led by Brock Carmichael Architects has won a competition to create a more self-sustainable future for the South Atlantic Ocean island community of Tristan da Cunha, a town which lies 1,000 miles from human civilisation. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) competition encouraged i

Interserve has secured a £7.5 million contract to provide cleaning services for energy company SSE and gas distribution firm SGN. The three-year account will see Interserve provide daily cleaning, window cleaning and periodic cleaning services to all of SSE and SGN’s 70 corporate offices located

A construction worker renovating a home walked in on an armed intruder ransacking a home, police have said. The worker returned from a lunch break and noticed a smashed window at the property he was renovating in Escondido, San Diego.

Glasgow City Council has approved the award of a £36.54 million contract for infrastructure work on the Sighthill Transformational Regeneration Area (TRA) project to Morgan Sindall. The contract will see construction works for roads, earthworks, utilities, drainage, landscaping and public realm car

Norman Mackay Aberdeen-based supplier of integrated, out-sourced and solutions-based engineering and specialist services Aiken Group has announced a new collaborative approach which will lead to the creation of new jobs and the establishment of a new office in England.

Construction workers in Sydney are taking a stand for brutalist architecture by refusing to demolish a landmark building in the city, Quartz has reported. Australia’s largest construction union Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) and the Unions NSW have barred their members fro

Aberdeen City Council has conditionally approved a planning application for a £150 million energy from waste facility in East Tullos. The facility will help the city comply with national regulations which, from 1st January 2021, will ban Scottish councils from putting any biodegradable municipal wa

Kier Group has completed the disposal of its Mouchel Consulting arm to WSP Global Inc. for a total consideration of £75 million in cash. Acquired in June 2015 as part of Kier's acquisition of Mouchel Group, Mouchel Consulting provides engineering, environmental and asset management consultancy serv

Working in the construction is so stressful that workers are left to feel they look nine year older, according to new research. As many as three quarters of Britons feel that their job places a large amount of stress on them, even to the point of aging them, yet only a third would consider moving to

Block one at Dandara’s Forbes Place development Dandara is expanding its reach into Edinburgh with plans for a high-end residential apartment scheme close to Murrayfield.

Some of Scotland’s most eclectic and diverse sights, from a 12th century monastery and iconic medieval castles to landmarks of Victorian architectural prowess and engineering feats of the 21st century, have been voted by the public among top 10 man-made wonders in the country. New research by Visi

A construction worker in China who exercises on his lunch breaks has become an online celebrity for his efforts, China Daily reports. Shi Shenwei does not take a nap at noon as most construction workers do. The 23-year-old migrant worker from Longjiaoshan village, Dazhi city in Central China's Hubei