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A senior American politician has proposed introducing a new tax on online porn to help fund Donald Trump's planned wall along the southern US border. Senator Gail Griffin, a Republican state senator for Arizona, has proposed HB 2444, which requires tech companies to block content that "appeals to th

Large scale infrastructure projects and construction-led economic growth in Scotland are at risk if under-resourcing of the planning system continues, the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Scotland has told MSPs. Craig McLaren, RTPI Scotland director, told a parliamentary committee this week that

Homes for Scotland has repeated its call for growth across all housing tenures as an increase in new build home completions masked a drop in the private sector. Yesterday’s Quarterly Housing Statistics for Scotland revealed a 4% increase in the number of new build homes completed across all se

Edinburgh architecture practice ISA pitched its idea to reduce congestion in the capital yesterday with a plan for an urban aerial transport link.

Building materials and construction solutions business Tarmac has become one of the first major UK construction companies to provide expectant mothers with specialist high visibility maternity protective clothing when required. The pioneering maternity personal protective equipment (PPE) clothing co

Heat treatment experts at the University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) have furthered research into a sustainable initiative that could save up to 100,000 tonnes of waste ash from landfill each year.

CALA Homes is harnessing the popularity of one of Scotland’s most iconic characters to help raise awareness of an important children’s charity. The firm today welcomed Oor Wullie to the West End of Edinburgh, unveiling the sculpture as part of Oor Wullie’s BIG Bucket Trail - in sup

More than one in five Scots (21%) have called in sick because they don’t like their working environment while nearly three in ten (29%) work from home when they can because they don’t like their office. Those are the findings of a survey of 1,000 workers across the country commissioned b

The City of Edinburgh Council is to offer free electric cargo bikes to help city businesses during tram construction works. At least four bikes will be available in partnership with walking and cycling charity Sustrans, while more could be brought in to meet demand.

A nine-storey office development made from reclaimed shipping containers has received planning permission in East London.

Fire safety is to be strengthened in new high rise buildings and facilities for people with disabilities improved in larger new buildings.

A piece of street art in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg featuring a large cross has become the talk of town after it was partially covered with asphalt just a few days after it was completed.

Seesaws have been installed in between the metal slats of the US-Mexico border wall so that children on either side can play together. Designed by architectural studio Rael San Fratello, the three pink seesaws straddle the wall between El Paso in Texas and Ciudad Juárez in Mexico.

Balfour Beatty has saved more than one million plastic bags from landfill by utilising waste plastic asphalt on a cycle lane in a UK first.

A collection of Los Angeles celebrities have been drafted in to make public announcements in the city’s airport to take the edge off the facility’s construction woes.