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Alasdair Henderson The Federation of Piling Specialists (FPS) has welcomed the recent parliamentary debate calling for the introduction of legislation to protect cash retentions and has called on all parties to ensure the debate is followed with legislative action through the parliamentary process a

A Solar PV installation at Anderston Regeneration Masterplan where 206 homes are being constructed by main contractor CCG (Scotland) Ltd on behalf of Sanctuary Scotland A building services firm is reporting a significant increase in demand for renewable energy installations.

(from left) SCAA Paramedic Graeme Hay, Scott Hadden, Hadden's Lynn Anderson & Helen MacGregor of SCAA Hadden builds support partnership for air ambulance

The UK’s toughest home, designed to withstand the blast from a 2,000lb bomb, has gone on sale for £350,000, The Scotsman has reported. Rosehearty Tower was constructed to observe RAF bombing practice off the coast of Aberdeenshire.

The SEC, Glasgow will host Scotland’s largest gathering of Health & Safety, Facilities Management, Fire Safety, Logistics, Cleaning and Maintenance professionals at Scotland Works, a two day event designed to support Scotland’s industrial, commercial and public sectors in running safe and ef

The £35 million refurbishment of Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall claimed the overall ‘Project of the Year’ honour as more than 30 of Scotland’s most impressive and community beneficial property schemes battled it out at the RICS Scotland Awards 2017 yesterday. The prestigious annual ceremony, held at

Housebuilder Persimmon has hailed the “resilience of the UK economy” for helping drive an 11% surge in forward home sales since the start of the year. In a trading update issued this morning for the period from 1 January 2017 to date, the group said total forward sales, including legal completio

Alan Brown MP The case for the introduction of a Bill to safeguard and release cash retentions in the construction industry was made to MPs at Westminster yesterday.

Artist’s impression of the completed development Construction work has begun on a £16 million student accommodation development in Aberdeen.

Partner Doug Gardner and acquisition surveyor Paul Richardson from Ryden Work to demolish an Aberdeen office that has lain vacant for almost two years is underway after development and investment firm West Coast Estates secured planning permission to transform it into a drive-thru Costa Coffee.

CALA Homes (West) has partnered with The Prince’s Trust and City of Glasgow College to deliver an initiative that aims to provide disadvantaged unemployed young people an opportunity to develop new skills and get hands-on experience. Twelve local people have successfully taken their first steps in

(from left) Iain Hughes from programme funder CITB; programme graduate Rian Smith from Grange Academy; and Michael McBrearty, CEO of hub South West For the second year in a row, hub South West is providing life-changing opportunities for Ayrshire school leavers to progress in the construction indust

Tammi Jo Burrows, Joe Ham and Vittorio Pelosi Boxing champion celebrates Scottish title with employer City Building

Positive feedback from a three-month trial has led Osborne to extend the use of protective site clothing that features solar-charged lights.

The New Falkirk Campus is due to commence construction this year Infrastructure projects worth almost £6.4 billion will be under construction throughout Scotland in 2017, a new report has revealed.