A sprinkling of precious metal embedded in paving stones is adding an artistic flourish to a newly refurbished city square. The new public artwork - a meandering trail of thousands of bronze drips - has been unveiled in Edinburgh’s Bristo Square to mark the area’s redevelopment.
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A Montreal mosque is demanding an apology after a local television report suggested that it had banned women from a nearby construction site. On December 12, the French-language TVA Nouvelles published a report alleging that mosque administrators wanted females removed from a construction site near
(from left) Rosie Third, Environmental Action Killin; Marc Anderson, site manager at Robertson and Gareth Kett, ranger at Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Robertson has demonstrated its commitment to conserving local wildlife by supporting the installation of otter reflective barriers in Kill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PGWUPx31u8 Construction firm Redpath has released a video which captures the locations of six live projects it is currently undertaking in Glasgow city centre.
A building in the Belgian town of Keerbergen has been slowly constructed to envelop a street lamp. The architect, who wants to remain unnamed, said the move was a "creative solution" to authorities taking over two years to move the post, the VRT TV network reports.
Vehicles displaying licence plates from the Canadian province of Alberta are no longer welcome on new job sites for neighbouring Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure. On Dec. 6, the Government of Saskatchewan announced the license plate-based ban to match a similar rule in Albert
A so-called prankster had to be saved by local firefighters after cementing his head inside a microwave. The West Midlands Fire Service spent an hour working to release Jay Swingler who mixed seven bags of Polyfilla before his friends poured it around his head, which was protected by a plastic bag i
The possible structure found near Kingussie Archaeologists have discovered a possible Iron Age structure, pottery and a stone tool near ongoing work to dual the A9.
Everyone has a favourite Christmas song and now a motoring organisation representing Britain’s army of van drivers has named the top ten festive songs to listen to while driving. Van leasing firm Leasevan.co.uk asked customers to name their favourite Christmas tunes as they make their December del
The world’s longest moving walkway is the latest suggestion to end the long running saga of linking Glasgow Airport and the city centre, The Herald has reported. Architect Maurice Rodger has mooted the mile-long sky travelator as an affordable solution to the Glasgow Airport rail link which he cla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S18fedDwrY A plan to demolish a derelict NFL stadium near Detroit has gone awry.
An architect has been appointed to design a shelter to protect historic North-east standing stones for years to come. A restoration project of the Pictish Stones at Inverurie’s Bass Cemetery has been ongoing since March this year.
The background shows the pillars at Waverley Station Marvel Studios has released the trailer for Avengers: Infinity War, complete with a cameo appearance from Edinburgh’s Waverley Station.
The well-known mantra, ‘there’s an app for that’, now applies to tradespeople with even the most hands-on jobs. IronmongeryDirect has created an infographic of the 28 most useful construction apps for iOS and Android, to put job-revolutionising tech in the pockets of those who need it.
Construction workers in Germany have unearthed a giant concrete swastika underneath a sports field in the city of Hamburg.