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Builders carrying out the redevelopment of an old department store the American state of Minnesota have been shocked to discover the mummified remains of a monkey in the process.

A new initiative by Miller Homes is helping drive home efficiencies in its business following the introduction of a new, tailor made site manager app.

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How the completed King’s Stables Road development will look Remains of Edinburgh’s historic cattle market have been discovered buried beneath a development site in the Grassmarket area of Edinburgh.

Edinburgh-based independent building and project consultancy Paragon has launched what is believed to be the UK property industry’s first in-house drone service following the recruitment of a highly experienced aerial surveyor. Elliott Garrett joins the business following nine years’ experience

An architect has completed a house in northern Italy that can rotate 360 degrees. Balanced on a central pillar, the octagonal house can be mechanically rotated in both directions to give its owner varied views. The rotation is also used to direct the house's solar panels towards the sun.

A three-storey house the size of a parking space will arrive in the centre of Birmingham to showcase the grand launch of a new integrated journey app. Often dubbed as the Spotify or Netflix of the transport world, Whim integrates journey planning, reservations, payments and subscriptions into one ap

A glamping bothy which was up for a national award last year has been given retrospective planning permission. The Sheep Shed is owned by James and Jane Foad, and was a finalist for Shed of the Year in 2017.

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.

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.