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A faint meow during an inspection revealed a furry surprise for construction workers in the United States. Fire officials and construction workers in Kelso, Washington state found a litter of six kittens inside a newly drywalled wall during an inspection of a newly constructed apartment complex.

A 45-storey student accommodation development is set to be delivered in Leeds. Developer Olympian Homes and investor Cain International said the 191-metre Cirrus Point scheme will be “the tallest PBSA building in the world and the tallest building in Leeds”.

Avant Homes has continued to lay the foundations of future growth by moving from its Stirling office and establishing two new offices located in Edinburgh and Glasgow. The new Avant East Scotland business is based at Edinburgh Park, South Gyle, with its new sister region, Avant West Scotland, to be

The Scottish Government no longer expects to have enough money to deliver all its planned £26 billion investment in public sector infrastructure, Scotland’s public spending watchdog has warned today. A new report published by the Auditor General reveals that a combination of reduced

Multi-storey buildings are assembled over cautiously to withstand wind strengths, researchers have found.

Barratt Developments welcomed local MSP Colin Beattie to its Pentland View development in Midlothian to celebrate its site manager's Pride in the Job Quality Award win. Shaun Quinn, site manager at Pentland View, received the Pride in the Job Quality Award, known as the “Oscars of the housebui

While UK prime house prices experienced a fourth consecutive quarterly dip in the three months to the end of September, with annual falls averaging -5.2%, Scottish prime values remained steadfast, with a minor annual dip of -1.1%.

An “unsung hero” of the electrical industry has been recognised for his remarkable contribution to the sector with the Lifetime Achievement Award by SELECT, Scotland’s largest construction trade association. Alick Smith was honoured by the campaigning body at the recent SELECT Pres

Network Rail and its contractor Story have completed a £34m programme of works to protect a number of bridges across Scotland’s Railway. Over the last four years, specialist engineers have worked on 50 structures to safeguard them against scour damage.

Glasgow is set to trail legal graffiti walls, according to a new city council report.

A bale of straw has been dangled from London's Millennium Bridge as part of an ancient tradition to warn boats of ongoing works.

Following seven years of construction the final phase of Places for People’s The Engine Yard in Leith is now open. The iconic former tram depot originally opened in 1898 as the Shrubhill Tramway Workshops and Power Station, the workshops were where Edinburgh’s trams were built and mainta

Occupier demand for Scotland's commercial property market has stagnated in the most recent quarter, as per the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Commercial Property Monitor.

New pictures have given a first look at the world’s first inland surfing resort near Edinburgh. Lost Shore Surf Resort will be Scotland’s newest premier tourism and leisure destination. Complete with luxury lodges, premium accommodation pods, restaurants, spa and shopping, it is set with

The Easdale Investment Group has gained approval for a new £15 million housing development on the site of the former 19th-century Tate & Lyle sugar refinery in Greenock, almost 27 years after the sugary refinery shut down. The 5.2-acre elevated site is located on Drumfrochar Road, Greenock