A joiner who suffered a head injury and a broken wrist in a fall at work has been awarded more than £45,000 damages despite the fact he could not remember the accident and there being no witnesses. Derek Smith sued his employers Muir Construction alleging common law negligence and breaches of vario
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Britain is to trail the world's first electricity-generating tidal lagoons. Six of the pioneering powerstations are to be built in locations across Britain, with at least one already in the planning stage.
New Strathaven homes to bring £14m investment Planning approval has been granted to David Wilson Homes for a development of 138 two-, three- and four-bedroom homes in Strathaven.
Corrupt council officials were treated to dances and drinks in lap dancing bars, corporate football tickets and lavish meals by builders trying to seek valuable contracts, a court heard last week. Edinburgh Sheriff Court was told that former City of Edinburgh Council employees Charles Owenson and Ja
Twelve buildings representing the “very best of Scottish architecture” have been recognised with awards by The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS). Among the winners, announced at an annual the RIAS Awards Dinner held in Edinburgh last night, are the Dalmunach Distillery in Mora
Coming to project near you? An American University has revealed a novel way to combat one of the scourges of twenty first century living (and working) by creating a “texting lane” on its stairs. Sick of SMS-induced collisions, Utah Valley University hopes that the texting thoroughfare will provi
Nineteen built environment firms are the first in the UK to become signatories of a new industry initiative launched by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) this month to help the land, property and construction sector attract and retain a more diverse and inclusive workforce. The RIC
London architects have proposed turning the Circle Underground Line into a series of moving walkways to speed up the notoriously slow travel network. The plans, imagined as part of a challenge from think tank New London Architecture for new ideas to improve life for Londoners, would make commuters h
Utility works start ahead of new AWPR River Don Crossing A new River Don Crossing, part of the construction Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie-Tipperty scheme, is taking a major step forward with the dismantling of four nearby electricity towers.
A Halloween display depicting dead construction workers has been erected in a small US town by locals fed up with never ending road repairs. The elaborate display includes skeletons operating backhoes and a local tram falling into an enormous hole. A skull and crossbones on an orange road sign warns
A city in Morocco is to become home to one of the world's largest solar power plants aiming to deliver half the country's energy by 2020. Based near the Sahara desert, Ouarzazate will see a complex of four linked solar mega-plants that, alongside hydro and wind, will help provide nearly half of Moro
Green light for McNeill statue plan
Photography enthusiasts across Scotland are being encouraged to help raise awareness of the importance of infrastructure to our everyday lives and regional growth by entering the 2016 RICS Infrastructure Photography competition, which launched this week. RICS launched the inaugural national competit
A construction worker in the United States might be the world's most reluctant new millionaire. Jose Sarabia went to buy a single lottery ticket at a gas station in Loving, New Mexico, but the clerk accidently printed two out.
A conceptual tubular glass house enclosing a mature fir tree at the centre may finally become a reality now that potential investors have been found. Tree in the House is designed by Kazakh architect Aibek Almassov of A Masow Architects as an inverted treehouse, intended to provide an escape from th

