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A McLaughlin & Harvey flood protection team has assisted with the rescue of two dolphins.

Two construction workers have been detained by police in China for damaging a section of the Great Wall. Police in Youyo County in Shanxi province say a man and a woman used a digger to create a shortcut through the iconic landmark.

Progress to identify, assess and fix unsafe cladding on Scotland’s medium and high-rise multi-residential buildings will be accelerated, under plans to safeguard homeowners and residents in this year’s Programme for Government (PfG). A Cladding Remediation Bill will give ministers new po

Heriot-Watt University Chemical and Energy Engineering Graduate, Steven Brasher from Dalgety Bay, celebrated the delivery of his first large-scale solar project at Denny Waste Water Treatment Works. More than £660,000 was invested by Scottish Water to install over 830 solar panels at the works

Construction and property development company Heron Bros has completed the complex removal and replacement of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) panels at Knightsridge Primary School in Livingston.

A team of 14 volunteers from Taylor Wimpey West Scotland recently donated their time to volunteer at The Good Shepherd Centre in Bishopton to clear and transform its outdoor space. Organised by Taylor Wimpey West Scotland’s Young Person’s Forum, which last year donated books and £1

McLaughlin & Harvey has been awarded a major engineering project designed to protect critical marine infrastructure in Douglas Harbour on the Isle of Man.

Dal Riata Distillery Ltd has secured planning permission from Argyll & Bute Council to establish a £4.5 million multi-purpose development alongside Campbeltown Loch. The venture will include a distillery, museum, visitor centre, and retail outlet, creating about 20 jobs for the local commu

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%.