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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.

It’s an idea that has long fascinated engineers and politicians on both sides of the Irish Sea. Building a bridge or tunnel between Scotland and Ireland may seem far-fetched to anyone who has made the ferry crossing in stormy weather.

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has launched a survey to gauge the industry’s opinions of architects. Launched at Grand Designs Live in London earlier this month, the survey is open to all clients of architects whether they are a private homeowner, contractor, or a commercial clie

A construction worker has apologised to Beyonce after joking he wanted to make her stage collapse, according to The Mirror. The employee - known simply as Austin - is thought to be one of the team working on the singer's Formation Tour.

A gap between two houses in West London is being sold for £400,000, the BBC has reported. The 4m (13.1ft) wide former service road is being sold with planning permission for a two-storey home, on Leysfield Road in Shepherd's Bush.

Red-faced officers at Angus Council are to lift a pavement inscription celebrating Peter Pan creator JM Barrie after misquoting the Kirriemuir playwright. The words “Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting” were carved into slabs laid around the world-f

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has developed elevator technologies that achieved a speed of 1,230 meters per minute, or 20.5 meters per second, which the company claims is the fastest elevator speed in the world. The new technologies will be installed to one of three elevators at China's tallest bu