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Prison officials in the US have been left red-faced after two inmates tunnelled their way to freedom using a toothbrush. Prisoners John M. Garza, 37, and Arley V. Nemo, 43, used "primitive-made tools constructed from a toothbrush and metal object" to "exploit a construction design weakness" in Newpo

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Real estate advisor CBRE has strengthened its ESG expertise in Scotland with a key appointment. Chartered surveyor Laura Jones has joined the firm as a senior sustainability consultant and will be based in the Edinburgh office where a new ESG Consultancy team has been created. She has relocated from

The growth and expansion of Narro has continued with the ongoing enlargement of its dedicated civil engineering team.

An office development in Glasgow has become one of the first in the city to commit to best in class digital infrastructure.

Hillhead Sports Club in Glasgow has undergone an essential £20,000 improvement programme of its main Fraser Stand thanks to the support in kind of two local businesses. The works, completed earlier this month, saw the replacement of protective screens to the front of the 152-capacity stand, wh

Civil engineering students across Scotland are being urged to consider a career working in forests instead of urban environments. Civil engineers are in great demand at Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS); the national forestry body has vacancies for engineers to work in locations around Scotland.

Apprentice stonemasons with The Ridge project in Dunbar have completed a commission at a multi-million-pound new facility. The two apprentices, Darren Brown and Simon Reay, worked on a boundary wall on the Wallyford Secondary Learning Campus site. They were supervised and trained by The Ridge Founda

Robertson Construction has commenced work to transform three heritage railway arches in Manchester city centre into a talent development centre for artists.

A project to create safer, more welcoming places to walk, wheel, cycle and spend time in Leith is about to get underway. The first phase of Leith Connections will introduce measures to limit through traffic and enhance streets for pedestrians and people cycling in areas around Constitution Street, L

Ayrshire-headquartered construction, property and investment business Edison Group has acquired Crown Architectural Systems. Crown Architectural Systems is a north-east of England-based company which operates from a 6500 sq. ft facility in the City of Sunderland district of Tyne and Wear, and e

The National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) has begun its 2023 programme of skills demonstrations in Scotland, following a history of successful demonstrations in conjunction with Build Your Future. This year’s work began in Edinburgh: pupils at Gracemount High School and Liberton Hi

Balfour Beatty Investments has today announced its entry into the on-street Electric Vehicle (EV) charging market with the formation of Urban Fox – a partnership with Urban Electric Networks, a British EV chargepoint operating company.

Public sector procurement authority SCAPE has launched an enhanced Building Information Management (BIM) offering across its national construction frameworks.

Springfield Properties has teamed up with businesses based in Moray to offer support to those most affected by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The housebuilder, with strong roots in Elgin, has donated 10 generators worth £50,000 to Pick-Ups for Peace, a not-for-profit organisation, who will a