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Graham Construction has given 24 budding young construction students an insight in to the building of a major project as part of the University of Strathclyde’s Engineering Academy. Students were given a tour of Strathclyde Sport, the University’s new sport, health and wellbeing Facility, which

CMS Window Systems signs Rentback deal with TOM CMS Window Systems has completed a Sale & Rentback deal with TOM Vehicle Rental which has seen its fleet of vehicles purchased and replaced with more modern, fuel efficient vehicles.

British builders rack up 130 hours per year making tea and other hot drinks with 82% of workers arguing that regular ‘tea breaks’ aids productivity, new research has discovered. A survey of UK workers in the construction industry carried out by household appliances retailer AppliancesDirect.co.u

Interserve CEO Debbie White Fears over the financial position at Interserve were confirmed this morning as the Board admitted to “a realistic prospect” of the group breaching its financial covenants with lending banks.

The Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary was delivered using private finance Two of Scotland’s most renowned economists have called for an urgent and independent root and branch review of the quango responsible for the country’s privately financed infrastructure projects.

Four firms have been invited to participate in the next stage of the competition for the A737 Den Realignment project. The shortlisted bidders for the key improvement project are I & H Brown Ltd, Interserve Construction Ltd, R J McLeod (Contractors) Ltd and Roadbridge Civil Engineering & Bui

The architect of V&A Museum of Design Dundee said he is “delighted and satisfied” as he saw his vision inspired by Scotland’s cliffs revealed for the first time. Kengo Kuma visited the £80.1 million project shortly after the removal of a temporary cofferdam which allowed the museum to be

Geeta Nathan Geeta Nathan blogs about CITB’s approach to targeted funding, productivity, technology, innovation and recruitment.

The office manager of a Stirling fire and flood business has admitted to paying herself £30,000 of unauthorised overtime over the course of a six year period. Falkirk Sheriff Court was told that Wendy Shaw, 46, boosted her earnings by falsifying spreadsheets at Total Reinstatement Services.

Fife Council has secured over £3.1 million from the Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance PLC to restore the former Blair House opencast coal site near Oakley, having settled its lengthy legal battle in the Court of Session with the company, out of court. The site had been left in a derelict state when

Jock Simpson (left) and Neil MacEachern from Schneider Electric One of the outstanding figures in British industry has been given a Lifetime Achievement Award by SELECT, the campaigning trade body for the electrotechnical industry in Scotland.

City of Glasgow College is helping to address a technical skills supply shortage faced by the country’s construction industry. A partnership with Building Contractors Training Group (BCTG) and Learn, Direct & Build (LDB) aims to transform how supervisor construction training programmes are del

Elgin High School reaches practical completion After 18 months on site, the brand-new £28.8m Elgin High School has been completed and the building handed over.

Santa Claus and Andy Murray Stirling-based manufacturer Superglass has gone straight on to Santa’s nice list after gifting him insulation to make his grotto toastier than ever.

New plans have been revealed to transform the Hamilton campus of the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) into an ‘urban village’ complete with 365 homes and a five-storey hotel.