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A California-based artist is building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico entirely made of cheese. Cosimo Cavallaro wants to build a structure stretching just over 300 metres (1,000 feet) using bricks of less-than-fresh Cotija cheese, a hard and crumbly cow’s milk cheese from the Mexican state of Mic

Moving home can be stressful and when Glasgow-based creative agency Cole AD found themselves seeking new office space they thought it would be drawn-out process. Their search however was over swiftly after they heard the Clockwise Building in the Glasgow’s city centre had space that might fit

Retirement home group McCarthy & Stone is to close its Scottish business as part of a continued restructure to reduce costs. The firm, which has already closed its southwest regional business, said the Scotland business is being wound down and closed over the next 12 months.

An investigation has been launched into the financial statements of Interserve. Accounting watchdogs at the Financial Reporting Council are to examine audits by Grant Thornton for the three years from 2015.

Merchant Homes has secured planning permission for a proposed new residential development in Glasgow. Located at Stepford Road, just north of the city’s Edinburgh Road, Lochwood Gardens will comprise a collection of 106 homes including a mix of two, three and four-bedroom detached, semi-detach

McGill & Co returned to work this week for the first time since being purchased from administration. The Dundee construction firm was purchased from administration by Catalus Energy Investments last month after the firm succumbed to disputes and delays in payment for a number of significant proj

East Lothian Council has reached an agreement with Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL) for the purchase of a small part of the former Cockenzie Power Station site. ICOL, a subsidiary of Edinburgh-based energy company Red Rock Power Limited, received Planning Permission in Principle from Scottish Minis

Thermal storage company Sunamp has named Martin Bloom as chairman as the East Lothian-based firm gears up for growth having closed its late seed round at just over £3 million. Succeeding founder chairman Bob Pettigrew, Martin helps build high growth technology and renewable energy companies, a

Building contractor Qualis Ltd has moved its headquarters to the newly refurbished Gatehouse office building at Westway Park in Renfrew. The company, which currently employs 20 staff, has relocated from a smaller base in Barrhead.

The slump in the Scottish housing market looks set to continue as the ongoing Brexit uncertainty takes its toll on buyers, surveyors have warned. The UK Residential Market Survey March 2019 from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said the market was still subdued in March, a picture t

Public views are being sought on plans to create a sustainable mixed use community on an old high school site in Lerwick. The draft Knab Masterplan outlines how the site could accommodate up to 140 homes of a variety of types and tenure through a combination of new build and reuse of existing listed

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has completed roof and roughcast improvements to its homes in Luss. The village, located at the gateway to the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, is famous for the TV series Take The High Road and is one of the busiest visitor destinations in Arg

NASA has announced the top three teams competing for the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge. The first prize winner was named as SEArch+/Apis Cor from New York, and the second prize winner was named as Zopherus – Rogers from Arkansas while the third prize winner as named as Mars Incubator

Revised plans for a crucial part of a massive regeneration of Ravenscraig have been approved by the Glasgow City Region councils. North Lanarkshire Council said the Ravenscraig Infrastructure Access (RIA) project will generate more than 6,500 jobs and around £360 million per year for the local

The size and value of project management to the UK economy and society has been benchmarked for the first time in a major new report. Commissioned by the Association for Project Management (APM) and conducted by PwC UK, research has identified that project management in the UK generates around &poun