NHBC has created a list of ‘builder lingo’ to help homeowners better understand ‘builder banter’ and technical terms when appointing a builder. Head of house building standards, Mark Jones, said the list defines some of the terms used in new home construction, repair and maintenance, providi
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Researchers have crowned the mound building termite the “top engineer of the natural world”, as a new study demonstrates the supremacy of their building techniques, and reveals they possess remarkable engineering skills. Scientists have already shown that termites build their mounds in a unique
Infrastructure firms Robertson gave a talk at the West Employability Hub in Dumbarton recently to try and attract jobseekers to careers in construction. Members of Robertson’s community development team, alongside the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), invited staff and clients of the Hub to d
Inverurie-headquartered timber engineering business Scotframe is accustomed to clients seeking out its services from places much further afield than its Scottish manufacturing bases. But recent contracts have taken the UK’s leading full kit manufacturer to pastures remarkably new - more than 8000
Atlantic Islands Centre A new community facility and visitor centre, designed by Shauna Cameron Architect, on the Isle of Luing, one of Scotland’s slate islands in Argyll and Bute, has won the Scottish Civic Trust My Place Awards 2016.
Major transformation of Arbroath's Abbey Quarter underway
Kengo Kuma Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has welcomed the “beautiful” progress on the V&A Museum of Design Dundee as he made his first visit to the construction site since work began.
Ian Almond, hydro engineer at TLS Hydro and Craig Ormond, land manager at Mactaggart & Mickel Homes welcome the new hydro scheme at the family housebuilder’s development at Carrongrove, Denny. A project to create renewable energy has been completed by TLS Hydro Power Ltd on a site owned by Mac
Tim Cornelius Tidal power company Atlantis has entered into a partnership with an investment firm that will see almost £500m sunk into Scottish tidal projects over the next two years.
Fife-based Parsons Peebles Group, which is part of Clyde Blowers Capital, has bought Reading-based electromechanical services firm Taylor & Goodman for an undisclosed sum. Parsons said the acquisition of Taylor & Goodman demonstrated its intention to become "the number one UK supplier of ele
Technology in the 21st Century is providing us with the means to communicate our thoughts and ideas across the planet in a way that would have been unthinkable, even 10 years ago. However good the technology is, it cannot pick up the subtleties of a language, the culture that underpins it, or even t
A replacement events venue could be built in Edinburgh’s West Princes Street Gardens under proposals being discussed by Councillors next Tuesday. Initial plans to renew the historic park include the opportunity of a new Ross Bandstand, the restoration of the city’s 140 year-old Ross Fountain, la
Aberdeen City Council has released planning permission in principle for the new community of Countesswells, meaning work can begin on the landmark project this month.
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Developers have announced plans to build a new tower in Dubai to surpass the 828m high Burj Khalifa, currently the world’s tallest building. Emaar Properties enlisted architect Santiago Calatrava to design the tower project, which will be anchored with a complex mesh of cables.


