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The emergence of fossils at a construction site in Florida has sparked a wave of trespassing by fossil hunters keen to get close to the ancient discoveries. Workers using heavy machinery at a major development called Wellen Park in Sarasota Count, have discovered shark teeth and fossils.

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Unite the union will hold a meeting this week to help workers made redundant by construction firm McGill. The Dundee business went into administration on Thursday after weeks of speculation about its future.

The world’s first recyclable turbine blade was handed a top award by Scotland’s renewable energy industry last week. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy was announced as winner of the Technology & Business Innovation Award for its revolutionary RecyclableBlade which is giving recovered w

Work to construct the new bridge over the railway at Nithsdale Road in Glasgow’s Southside is now underway following the successful demolition of the old structure. The project, part of the Glasgow-Barrhead electrification works, will see a new bridge deck constructed higher over the railway t

A historic building grant has been approved by Midlothian Council for the restoration of 2-4 West Street in Penicuik as part of the town’s Heritage Regeneration Project. Shop improvement grants have also been approved for 14-20 High Street.

West Lothian Council has approved the sale of 12.64 hectares of land in Heartlands Business park to Henry Boot Developments Limited. This will allow the firm to develop industrial and associated office accommodation on the site, ready for business looking to expand or relocate.

More than £83,000 has been invested in West Dunbartonshire communities as part of West Dunbartonshire Council’s More Homes initiative. Contracts for every new housing development require developers to commit to delivering social, economic and environmental benefits for communities includ

Forfar builder Guild Homes has lost a bid for a £50 million expansion of its 245-home development at Strathmore Fields near Forfar Community Campus. Guild Homes challenged Angus Council's non-determination of its application for the development. However, a Scottish Government reporter has dism

The Church of Scotland has revealed plans to convert abandoned Aberdeen buildings into homes. The church hopes to knock down Northfield Parish Church to make space for 16 flats while plans have also been submitted to demolish Summerhill Parish Church and build 14 homes.

MAST Architects has submitted plans to North Ayrshire Council for 20 new homes in Stevenson on behalf of Cunninghame Housing Association.

The construction of homes at a new sustainable community in St Andrews is set to commence in September following the granting of planning consent by Fife Council. St Andrews West (STAW) has evolved over many years and aims to provide an exemplar new urban development, boasting a long-term commi

CR Smith Manufacturing Ltd, the commercial arm of the home improvements company, has signed an £8 million contract with social landlord Link Group’s commercial partner C~urb to supply replacement windows over the next four years. C~urb launched in April 2022 to provide property developme

Construction has begun on the Cabrach Distillery in Inverharroch, Moray, as the foundation stone was laid last week.

As part of the wider regeneration of Meadowbank, the site of the former St Margaret’s Locomotive Railway Depot and Works is being excavated and preserved for archaeological posterity. The site at Meadowbank is being redeveloped to make way for a new housing development which will become one of