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The husk that surrounds the fruit of coconut is being used within a new product to enhance wastewater effluent quality for both residential and commercial projects that require off-mains wastewater treatment.

A construction supervisor has won $5 million after being handed the wrong lottery ticket at a North Carolina convenience store.

A farmer accidentally annexed part of France to his native Belgium after moving a 200-year-old stone marking the border between the countries. The border marker has been in place since the border was first drawn up in 1819 and ratified in the Treaty of Kortrijk the following year.

A Dutch couple has moved into Europe’s first 3D-printed house. The house in Eindhoven – the first of five within ‘Project Milestone’ – fully complies with all of the strict building requirements of The Netherlands. Uniquely, the project partners have realized a home wit

The Italian government has approved a plan to furnish Rome's ancient Colosseum with a new floor, giving visitors a gladiator’s eye view of the building and enabling it to stage cultural events.

A self-sufficient and sustainable city of one million people could be built on Mars by 2054, according to a conceptual design by architecture studio Abiboo.

Architect HOKO Design has shown Prime Minister Boris Johnson that £30,000 is more than enough to create a dream Downing Street dwelling.

Planners in Birmingham have given the green light for the world’s first pure octagonal residential building to be built in the city.

Construction on the Trans Mountain, one of Canada's largest oil pipelines has been halted after wildlife inspectors found that Anna's hummingbirds are nesting nearby.

A new image of the world’s first and only rotating boat lift, the Falkirk Wheel, is to feature on the new Bank of Scotland polymer £50 note, which will enter circulation on July 1. Visible on the reverse, the famous Falkirk structure will be joined by an image of the shape-shif

A pizza vending machine could be uninstalled from a vacant Glasgow shop after a bid for retrospective planning permission was rejected by councillors. A change-of-use application seeking backdated approval was submitted for 2 Blackfriars Road, on the corner with High Street.

Network Rail has been forced to halt refurbishments to the grade II listed Britannia Bridge after a pair of peregrine falcon decided to make their nest at the site.

As part of the centenary celebrations of the David Stow building in Jordanhill – Glasgow’s former teaching college – CALA Homes (West), which is currently completing a transformation project of the landmark building, has launched the search for Glasgow’s Best Teacher 2021.

A new project to develop printed Lego-style bricks from waste construction materials has been launched at Brunel University London. Backed by funding from the EU Commission, engineers behind the three-year DigiMat project hope to develop and demonstrate an eco-friendly cement mix, created from build

Researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) are to create a video game that will educate the construction industry on new weather-based insurance policies. Construction projects can be halted by heavy rain or high winds, which can lead to costly delays. There are new ‘smart policies' on