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A team of experts has begun restoring the ancient tomb in Jerusalem where Christians believe Jesus was buried, in the first such works for 200 years.

A man who converted an old hen house into a gin distillery and won ‘Shed of the Year’ failed to get planning permission. Walter Micklethwait, of the Inshriach Estate near Aviemore, spent two years turning the dilapidated hen house into a shack which boasts its own Wild West themed saloon and bar

World-renowned architect Lord Foster has taken up the challenge of building the world's smallest airport, in Rwanda. The aim is to create a network of droneports to deliver medical supplies to some of Africa's most inaccessible locations.

A US flooring business has been turning heads with a banner placed alongside a road near its store. Flowood Flooring and Design, obviously poking fun about how long a pile of dirt resulting from a construction project has been in front of its building, posted a banner in front with a large arrow poi

Artist Warren Elsmore with the model of the National Museum of Scotland made from Lego. Image credit Neil Hanna A 3.5-metre model of the National Museum of Scotland built from Lego has been unveiled in the 150th anniversary year of the iconic Victorian building.

The Gotthard Base Tunnel opens in Switzerland today, 17 years after construction work began. With a rock overburden of up to 2,300m, the passage is not only the world's longest, but also the world's deepest, railway tunnel.

The National Wallace Monument in Stirling is set to have new digitised plans unveiled to mark its 155th anniversary. The monument was designed by Edinburgh architect JT Rochead and began construction in 1861.

Architects, engineers and builders are the joint second hardest working professions in the UK when it comes to bank holidays as almost nine in ten will be working today, according to new research. Those in HR (89 per cent) are the most likely to be working this weekend, followed architects, engineer

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A man has been arrested after playing a prank with a traffic warning sign. Police in Texas say 26-year-old Geoffrey Eltgroth changed the message on the construction zone sign to read ‘Drive Crazy Y'all’.

Construction workers have been found to be the employees most likely to eat all three daily meals at work, according to new research. A study by a money saving website found that over a third of workers in the UK have to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner at work at least twice a week.

A mass-transit concept has been unveiled which sees a futuristic bus sit up above traffic and allow cars to pass beneath. Created by Beijing-based Transit Explore Bus (TEB), the ‘Straddle Bus’ was shown off at the 19th China Beijing International High-Tech Expo (CHITEC) over the weekend.

A Canadian road building industry body has launched a series of videos to highlight the dangers which construction workers often have to deal with in their workplaces. The campaign by the Ontario Road Builders’ Association (ORBA) sees construction workers placed into office environments exhibiting

Archaeologist Megan Stoakley with Amelia Soffe from P1 and Louise Doyle from P6 Further evidence of human remains thought to date back to the 17th Century or earlier have been unearthed by archaeologists in an Edinburgh playground.

Director Danny Boyle (left) with Lovell health and safety manager William Lindsay Housing developer Lovell welcomed Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle on to site in Edinburgh to film scenes for the sequel to 1990s cult film Trainspotting.