Three fox cubs have been rescued by a construction worker after being discovered under rubble at a building site. The cubs, named Ethan, Frank and Bourne, were discovered at a site in Edinburgh last week and are currently being cared for by staff at the Scottish SPCA.
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US entrepreneur Elon Musk is to turn his hand to selling giant interlocking bricks made from rock - Lego style. Produced by his recently formed tunnelling business, the Boring Company, Musk will sell “kits” of bricks, starting with one that makes it easy to build things from “ancient Egypt,”
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A series of poignant messages carved into woodwork by workmen building a stately home more than 170 years ago have now been unveiled. The Telegraph reports that workers at Chatsworth House in Devonshire ‘scrawled messages such as “down with the Tory rascals” in protest at the bitter hardships
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0369vlp_fjg A California-based start-up company has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that uses HD photos and LIDAR scans to analyse important data from a construction project - both inside and out.
A charity that works to build houses for people in developing nations and a robotics construction company have unveiled what is believed to be the first 3D-printed house that is fully up to code and permitted for people to inhabit. New Story and Icon came together to show that it’s feasibly possib
The service was attended by 30 children from St Marys, Councillor Wilson and members of Wardell Armstrong A series of 17th Century plague victims discovered underneath a school playground have been laid to rest in Edinburgh.
Angie outside the CGC office in Paisley A charity on the Isle of Bute has celebrated a financial windfall thanks to a sponsored head shave undertaken by City Gate Construction’s Angie McGuire.
A former police box in Edinburgh which is currently being operated as a crepe and coffee vendor has been put up for sale by its owners. The kiosk, which is located on George Square, can even be moved to another location if required.
Work on what’s designed to be the world’s tallest building has restarted in Saudi Arabia after construction stalled at the 63rd floor. Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture’s Jeddah Tower is set to stand at 3,281 feet tall once completed in 2020.
An architect from Angus has designed a school and cultural centre for the Maasai tribe in Kenya. Jonathan Reeve, 39, who is originally from Enniskillen and who works with the Voigt Partnership in Arbroath, jetted off to Kenya this week for a week-long trip during which he will present his designs fo
Trades workers, including those working in construction, plumbing and electricity, are some of the UK’s happiest workers, according to new research. A survey of 1,024 UK workers by workplace incentives and rewards provider One4all Rewards, and published in The 2018 Happiness Survey, surveyed emplo
A construction company has offered jobs to the same thieves who stole from its store by highlighting some "good" qualities in the robbers from waking up early to being a team player. The owners of Smith Crane & Construction in New Zealand put up a post on Facebook to find the offenders — but a
Architects and designers have imagined ways to transform the central reservation along New York's Park Avenue for an ideas competition, including an underground rock-climbing wall, a huge cascading waterfall and a route for kayaking commuters, Dezeen has reported. An aquarium, elevated walkways and
Disney has announced plans to invest €2 billion (£1.8bn) to expand Disneyland Paris with a lake and new areas devoted to hit films such as Frozen and Star Wars. The multi-year project will transform Walt Disney Studios Park and see the addition of three new areas, along with other new attractions