Belgian grid operator Elia is behind plans for what the company says ”will be the world’s first artificial energy island.” The Princess Elisabeth Island will be located almost 45 kilometres off the Belgian coast and will serve as the link between the offshore wind farms in the
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An image of Stockingfield Junction and Bridge in Glasgow, reflected on the Forth and Clyde Canal, has won the 2022 Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Photo Competition. The photo, taken by George McBurnie, a senior project manager for Scottish Canals and ICE Scotland member, was submitted in line
The 16th century heraldic ceiling at St Machar's Cathedral and the work carried out to restore it over the last two years are to be showcased as part of celebrations and thanksgiving in Aberdeen this weekend. Comprising 48 coats of arms including that of Pope Leo X, King James V of Scotland, He
A new build family home in Dalmally, Argyll is the first building to be clad in recycled TV screens. Set within a stunning landscape overlooking Loch Awe, Hundred Acre Wood features a central hall space designed to accommodate an 18-ft Christmas tree.
State-of-the-art drones and lasers are being used together for the first time in Britain to improve Scotland’s sewers and are helping Scottish Water to reduce its carbon emissions. A combination of hi-tech drones and laser technology adapted for use in the waste water Industry is being deploye
The underwater discovery of a distinctive wrought iron anchor found by ScottishPower Renewables at the bottom of the southern North Sea has been hailed as an “incredibly rare” find. Believed to be a rare example from the Roman or possibly late Iron Age – somewhere between 1,600-2,0
Network Rail has completed one mile of boundary fencing renewals with a difference on Glasgow’s south side. Hedgehog-friendly holes have been included in a timber fencing renewal at Muirend to allow the little creatures to move freely in and around railway property.
A team of archaeologists working on the Çatalhöyük site in southern Turkey has discovered an unusually large building over 8,000 years old. Çatalhöyük is a tell, a mound made of several subsequent settlements, belonging to a Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city in
A home made famous by appearing in hit Netflix show 'Stranger Things' is now available to buy. The Byers' house seen in early seasons of the show is a real home in Fayetteville, Georgia, and can be yours for $300,000 (about £266,119).
A building contractor is coming to the aid of his local community who are continually having delivery packages stolen from their doorsteps. Inspired by a story he read on social media, Alejandro Espinoza with BZB Construction in Baltimore is taking a break from home improvements to build a box
Construction work is underway in Houston on a two-storey, 4,000-square-foot single-family home that, when completed, will stand as the first 3D-printed multistory structure in the United States. Led by the US arm of Germany’s Peri 3D Construction and local design-build firm CIVE, Inc. in
Football club Coventry City is marking the 60th anniversary of Coventry Cathedral by featuring the building's stained glass windows in its new kit. The team, which competes in the English Championship, launched new shirts which replicate those worn in the 1970s.
A Bronze Age food vessel unearthed during a high street demolition 42 years ago has gone on display at a nearby museum. The 5,000-year-old container, discovered behind a butcher’s shop, is being exhibited at Kirkcaldy Galleries having been recently conserved by experts.
A homeowner's bid to keep new windows which open the “wrong way” has been thrown out after the windows were branded “pretty ugly” by a councillor. New windows were installed in the front of a cottage in a conservation village in Midlothian.
A local authority has apologised for demanding that a local landowner remove an unauthorised fence before it was pointed out that it was erected by the council itself. The demand was made by the enforcement division of Longford County Council in Ireland in a letter to Louis Herterich, a local butche