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A US carpentry labour supplier has posted a video below to YouTube in order to provide those interested in a career in the trades a bit of humorous insight into what the lifestyle entails. The video by Minnesota-based Carpentry Contractors Company, titled ‘Framing Houses in Minnesota’, has garne

Vaughan Hart Industry bodies have blamed rates relief changes for a 28 year low slump in Scottish industrial construction output.

David MacLellan David MacLellan has announced his intention to stand down as chairman of interior solutions provider Havelock Europa.

Councillor Andrew Burns The local authority leaders of Scotland’s seven main cities have issued a collective call for a new working relationship with the UK and Scottish governments to allow them to reach their full economic potential.

The former Mearns Academy building in Laurencekirk is to be demolished and the site placed on the open market following agreement from Aberdeenshire Council. Councillors on the policy & resources committee agreed to dispose of the building but to retain the playing fields among a raft of decisio

Sleeperz Hotels is expanding its sister hotel Cityroomz Edinburgh with a new Princes Street wing made up of 43 rooms and suites. The budget hotel operator has been granted planning permission to develop Princes House, a listed building and three storey office block, next door to its current 72-bed C

Willie Donald of WM Donald (left), being presented with the ‘Outstanding Contribution’ award, by Neil Thomson, construction director of Stewart Milne Homes North The North-East’s most talented trades people were recognised for their achievements at the fourth annual Trades Awards event on Frid

Anneli Kiviniemi's ferry terminal plan Architecture students at Robert Gordon University (RGU) have mapped out ways for oil dependent economies to diversify after the industry begins to decline.

The Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh will open its dorrs as part of the event The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and Build UK have joined forces for a week of exclusive, behind-the-scenes events at some of the best building sites in Scotland.

CCG creates over 100 new homes in Lanarkshire An environmentally-friendly social housing development has been completed in Kilsyth by Glasgow-based construction and manufacturing specialists CCG (Scotland) Ltd – taking the total number of new homes built by the firm in the area to over 100.

A Montreal restaurant is fighting the frustration of being located in the middle of a major construction zone with humour. The Hachoir restaurant is located at the intersection of Rachel and St-Denis streets — both of which are under construction.

Homes along the loch at Bertha Park Detailed plans of the first phase of Springfield Properties’ £1 billion Bertha Park development have been approved by Perth and Kinross Council.

Kier Construction Scotland has been appointed by the University of Edinburgh to undertake refurbishment work on the College of Art. Strengthening the strong start it has made within the education sector this year, the contract will see Kier carry out work over two phases so one half of the building

The launch party for the new office Collective Architecture has responded to a growing portfolio of work on the Scotland’s east coast with the launch of a new Edinburgh office.

Ted Ayres Housebuilder Bellway has said it is on track for a record year as strong demand for new homes appears unaffected by uncertainty over the EU referendum outcome.