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An interconnected network of garbage trucks could be the new frontline in repairing local roads, thanks to a research collaboration between Swinburne University of Technology and Brimbank City Council in Australia that utilises the 5G network and the Internet of Things (IoT).

Balfour Beatty has been awarded the contract for the First Stage of the Scottish Prison Service’s (SPS) project for the design and construction of HMP Highland, designed by the design, engineering and project delivery company, BakerHicks.

NHS Lanarkshire’s vision for a replacement University Hospital Monklands has reached another milestone with the start of the process to seek planning permission.

Big Four firm PwC is being investigated by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) over its audits of construction firms Kier and Galliford Try.

Residents in Larkhall and the surrounding area are being asked for their views on a proposed new leisure centre for the town. Consultation is underway, with an information page and survey now available on the council website. The survey will remain open until Friday, 18 March.

Dundee-based Summit Facilities Services, which provides core all trade work via a directly employed workforce of electricians, plumbers, heating engineers, joiners and painters, celebrates three years in business this month. Summit has become a mainstay of local facilities services, counting housing

More than 1,000 graduates and apprentices will help transform Scotland’s drinking and waste water services making them greener and fit for future generations. They will play a critical part in ensuring Scottish Water has access to emerging talent when it will invest £4.5 billion over a s

The Burrell Collection in Glasgow is to reopen to the public on March 29  following its major refurbishment, the charity Glasgow Life confirmed today.

To mark National Apprenticeship Week, a series of apprenticeship toolkits have been launched by CITB to support construction employers with hiring an apprentice.

Flaws found in the way Scottish Canals recorded and valued its assets meant auditors could not give an opinion on its accounts, according to a new report published by Audit Scotland.

Ross Hall Hospital, part of Circle Health Group, has completed its brand-new state of the art expansion at Braehead. The £20 million clinical facility is situated within the Titanium Business Park and offers 17 new consulting rooms, in addition to now playing host to Eye Care Scotland, Ross Ha

Funding has been secured to allow researchers to calculate the “true cost” of waste on Scottish construction sites in a bid to get contractors to change working practices.

Knight Frank has added to its building consultancy division in Scotland with the appointment of highly experienced surveyor Gordon Hamilton. Based in Edinburgh with a Scotland-wide remit, Gordon has been appointed as an associate, joining Knight Frank from Trident.

Long-awaited plans to transform the former Jenners store on Princes Street into a 96-bedroom hotel have now been submitted to the City of Edinburgh Council. David Chipperfield Architects, backed by Danish retail billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen, wants to transform the Category A-listed building into

Ogilvie Construction has boosted its estimating team with the appointment of Philip Scott. Philip brings over 15 years of sub-contracting and estimating experience to the business with more than five years of main contracting experience on both commercial and social housing projects.