Key milestone reached on £29m Govan – Partick bridge project
THE main span of Glasgow's Govan - Partick Bridge arrived at Yorkhill Quay on Saturday (October 14) after sailing up the River Clyde at...
Scottish Labour leader unveils BRE demonstration home
KEZIA Dugdale has launched the final phase of Curriculum House at the BRE Innovation Park at Ravenscraig.
The leader of the Scottish Labour Party met with students from...
Demand for new construction role intensifies
CALLS are growing for Scotland to appoint a Chief Construction Adviser to liaise between the government and the building industry.
The suggestion was put forward...
Almost half of all Scottish social houses have disrepair to ‘critical’ elements
THE 2023 Scottish house condition survey has been published, revealing that 45% of social properties have disrepair to 'critical' elements such as weather tightness...
Construction charity to offer free online wellbeing workshops
THE Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity will be hosting a series of free online mental health training workshops later this month.
The initiative has been designed...
CIOB announces appointment of new president
PAUL Gandy FCIOB has been officially announced as the Chartered Institute of Building's (CIOB) president for the 2025/26 term.
Previously CEO of Tilbury Douglas, Paul...
New construction productivity report promises to ‘influence’ the industry
A research report aiming to help the construction industry better evaluate productivity and respond to future demands has been published.
The report, by the Advanced...
Mind your language
THE Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) has published a new 'Spotlight on...' initiative focusing on inappropriate and offensive language used in the construction industry.
The Scheme's 'Spotlight on........'...
APS creates new deputy CEO role to help drive building safety
THE Association for Project Safety (APS) has appointed Sofie Hooper as deputy CEO.
She joins from her role as head of policy and research at...
New campaign launched to tackle skills challenge
A new campaign has been launched to tackle the growing skills challenge in Scotland's construction sector and encourage more people into the industry.
CITB is supporting the...
SNIPEF honours top apprentices in the plumbing and heating sector
THE top apprentices in the plumbing and heating sector have been recognised with the Scotland and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF) Best Apprentice...
£19m Wester Hailes project takes affordable housing prize
A £19 million affordable housing development in Wester Hailes has been awarded a top industry prize.
The project, which brought 183 affordable homes to Edinburgh, won...
Inverness builder reports lockdown ‘bounce back’ with significant rise in sales
TULLOCH Homes has announced the business has experienced a lockdown 'bounce back' with July sales up by 25% on last year.
The Inverness-based housebuilder revealed Covid-19...
Local MP welcomes progress at Caerlee Mill site
DAVID Mundell, the MP for Dumfries, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, has visited the Caerlee Mill development in Innerleithen to see the progress being made at the...
McLaughlin & Harvey begins build of major Glasgow shipbuilding facility
MCLAUGHLIN & Harvey has commenced work on the construction of a new ship build hall tipped to 'transform' and 'enhance' shipbuilding in Glasgow.
The build...
Premium housebuilder to start work on first east coast site
HOUSEBUILDER Ambassador Living has confirmed work will start this month on its Forthview development in the royal burgh of South Queensferry, near Edinburgh.
The new...
Scotland’s Great Trail network set for £111,000 of improvement works
NATURESCOT has announced it is to fund almost £111,000 of improvement works to Scotland's Great Trails network.
The public body said that the work comes...
Highland Council endorses £547m reinvestment plan from green freeport
AN estimated £547 million in business rates generated through the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport (ICFGF) will be reinvested in jobs, skills development,...
Refurbished ‘green’ Edinburgh Park office building attracts major new tenant
KNIGHT Property Group has secured a major deal at its £20 million 'green' office building in Edinburgh Park, with Lumacron Technology having moved its...
Green light for 131 new affordable homes in Dundee
PLANS have been approved for 131 new affordable homes along Main Street in Dundee.
Springfield Partnerships has been given the green light to deliver the...
