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As the COVID-19 restrictions on Scotland’s housing market begin to ease, independent chartered surveying firm DM Hall has prepared a video setting the five steps for a safe survey. With a waiting list in the many hundreds of people looking to have Home Reports undertaken, the company said it i

Work on the £14.5 million redevelopment of Motherwell station is set to begin next week.

The 50th anniversary of the Kingston Bridge is being celebrated today with a bid to give the iconic structure listed as a structure of historic and architectural interest.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has today announced that it will be suspending levy payments from industry until September to help employers recover from the impact of coronavirus. The training body said its Skills Stability Plan 2020-21 protects apprenticeships and provides direct f

Springfield Properties has added new faces to its senior management team with a number of key appointments and promotions, which have seen Martin Egan take on the position of chief operating officer. Currently the managing director of Dawn Homes, which Springfield acquired in 2018, Mr Egan will over

Paisley-based JR Scaffolding Services has been fined £5,000 after one of its workers fell from an eight-metre-high scaffold. Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that a cantilever scaffold collapsed leaving a scaffolder with serious injuries at the city’s Alexandra Parade in September 2016.

Outsourcing contractor Mitie has announced it is to buy the facilities management (FM) arm of Interserve for a combined consideration of £271 million.

East Lothian Council has granted planning permission in principle plans for 142 new homes to the northwest of Macmerry

Mark Beard FCIOB, chairman of Beard Construction, has become the 117th President of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). His presidency starts as CIOB members and the wider construction industry are facing some of the greatest challenges in the Institute’s 186-year history.

SELECT and the Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB) have teamed up to develop another animation which this time shines the spotlight on the Final Integrated Competence Assessment (FICA).

Senior site managers at five Stewart Milne Homes developments across the UK have been awarded a national accolade in recognition of their commitment, passion and attention to detail. The NHBC Pride in the Job Quality Award is presented annually to site managers who demonstrate excellent standards on

Organisers of the Scottish Home Awards have set a new date for the annual dinner which was scheduled to take place in Glasgow this month. 

The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity and Building Mental Health have joined forces with Safer Highways and announced today the first major benchmarking exercise to understand where our industry lies in its Road to Wellbeing. As construction gets back to work and faces the challenges of tryin

IFT has appointed Luke Smillie to its team. An experienced estimator, Luke joined IFT’s East Kilbride office in June 2020. Working closely with the contracts team, he is able to provide advice and estimates for all screed enquiries and tenders.

The new charity running one of the most important Robert Burns sites in Scotland has warned it will close without firm action to deal with its finances.