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Those working in the trades such as plumbing, construction, and electrical installation are the healthiest workers in the UK, according to new research.

The world’s first ‘Smart Street’ officially opens in London today. Bird Street, nestled in the heart of the capital’s West End, has been transformed from a previously underutilised outdoor space located off Oxford Street, to a haven of calm where visitors can relax and enjoy an innovative sh

International construction giant Balfour Beatty has today published its paper predicting that the construction site of 2050 will be human-free with work moved off-site, remote control of machinery and new materials and techniques exploited to improve cost, safety and efficiency.

https://youtu.be/BmzPr106E7U The latest store to be built by Apple has been designed to resemble the global technology giant’s famous MacBook laptop computer.

https://youtu.be/3T0tk4YjB7A A building in the bustling Chinese city of Chongqing has had a two-lane public road on its terrace, complete with trees lining the street and shops.

An excavator operator working in a peat bog in southeast Poland has stumbled on a rusted longsword from the 14th century. The discovery has kicked off an archaeological expedition to the area in the hope of finding more artefacts from the time period.

Work to install one of Scottish Water’s largest solar panel projects to date, at a waste water treatment plant in Montrose, has unearthed a lost piece of military history. Scottish Water Horizons, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Water, which is driving forward the organisation’s green agen

An unpaved section of a Montreal street has become the subject of ridicule online, stirring controversy over how the city handles construction projects, CBC News has reported. Demix Construction has been repaving part of René-Lévesque Boulevard in time for the Formula E, an electric-car race that

Planning permission has been granted to install a sculpture depicting Jesus as a homeless person in Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow. Glasgow Churches Together, the group behind bringing the sculpture of Matthew 25, known as the Homeless Jesus, is now raising £15,000 to fund the project.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has unveiled his detailed vision to colonise Mars, including how much it is going to cost and what he wants to build first. The Huffington Post reports that the billionaire already set a date for landing a spacecraft on the red planet - 2018 - and to set the ball rolling on his

Roof systems manufacturer Marley Eternit has issued a sun safety warning for all outdoor construction workers, following new research which shows they have a greater risk of skin cancer than any other occupation. The latest study, which appeared in the British Journal of Cancer, looked at the risks

Moray Council has revealed plans to transfer the ownership of historic clock tower in Dufftown to the local community. The clocktower, which stands in the centre of the town and dates from 1839, was declared surplus to operational requirements in 2005. It continued to serve as a tourist information

A man who built his Dundee home using fast-food wrappers and plastic bottles is now planning to create a motor vehicle from waste. Former waste worker Angus Carnie constructed his own house for just £15,000.

Drivers of the latest wheeled loader range from Hyundai will be able to surf the web in their cabs. The new HL965 model contains an automotive 'infotainment' system complete with a smart phone style seven-inch touch wide screen monitor to enable operators to access accurate equipment data in quick t

A construction worker plans to buy a bigger house so his daughters can have their own rooms after he won £300,000 on a scratchcard, The Herald has reported. David Abercrombie, 26, from Irvine, Ayrshire, hit the jackpot – to the disbelief of his workmates – on a Lucky Lines scratchcard from Nati