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Architects have revealed the first images of the final £4.1 million refurbishment plans for Govanhill Baths in Glasgow. After 15 years of campaigning, the Govanhill Baths Community Trust has secured enough funding to reopen the Baths as a working swimming and wellbeing centre.

Engineers working on a £60 million revamp of Glasgow Queen Street station have installed the first line of track through the kilometre-long tunnel. Features of the project included removing over 5,000 tonnes of concrete and rock, creating a new 945 metre concrete base and installing 820 metres of n

Launching North Lanarkshire Council’s Local Housing Strategy are (left to right) Elaine McHugh, head of housing solutions, NLC; Jim Leonard, vice chairperson and Anne McGhee, chairperson of North Lanarkshire Federation of Tenants and Residents; Councillor Kaye Harmon, vice convener of housing and

City Building has rewarded the tradespeople of tomorrow at its 10th annual Apprentice Awards which took place on last week. 81 apprentices from across all sectors of the business including, construction, administration, heating and painting and decorating were shortlisted for the awards at the City

Graeme Hadden, Land Engineering; Hayley Johnson, Heriot Watt University and Gemma Smith, Sweet Group & Chairwoman of Women In Property (Picture courtesy of Tom Manley Photography) The Association of Women in Property (WiP) has been working to encourage girls and young women to enter the UK prope

BAM Construction opening doors to the public BAM Construction is inviting people to take a preview tour behind the doors of the new Imaging Centre of Excellence at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital as part of a UK industry initiative.

A man who converted an old hen house into a gin distillery and won ‘Shed of the Year’ failed to get planning permission. Walter Micklethwait, of the Inshriach Estate near Aviemore, spent two years turning the dilapidated hen house into a shack which boasts its own Wild West themed saloon and bar

Design work for the A9 Dualling scheme has stepped up a gear with another significant contract award, worth close to a million pounds, to Soil Engineering Geoservices Ltd. Ground investigation work on the 8.5km Tomatin to Moy section of the A9 is expected to begin next month and last for around seve

David Stewart Scottish independence is not a priority for UK property investment in Scotland as long as yield outperforms other regions, according to new research by Morton Fraser.

Tammy Adams Scotland’s construction firms have said they have much to encourage them in their efforts to address the country’s chronic undersupply of housing following a review into Scotland’s planning system.

A skills shortage among white collar staff increasingly hampers expansion among UK construction firms, a new survey has revealed. The year’s first State of Trade Survey by Build UK has shown that labour supply continues to be a cause for concern with members reporting widespread difficulties in re

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced the timeline for consulting with construction employers on how its levy could work alongside the UK government’s Apprenticeship Levy. The Consensus process, a full consultation with the construction industry on the CITB Levy, will take

With a scheduled six months to go until Scotland’s newest bridge, the Queensferry Crossing, is set to be opened, campaigners are calling for the country’s next big infrastructure project to be one that makes a difference to people’s homes in every part of Scotland, whilst also helping to reali

(from left) Gregor Liddle, Trainee Quantity Surveyor, Scott Gardner, Trainee Quantity Surveyor, Patrycja Linka, Student Work Placement, Stephen Prentice, Trainee Site Manager, Ben Allard, Trainee Site Manager and Euan Ross, Student Work Placement Stirling based Ogilvie Construction has hired 6 new s

Work on the redevelopment of the former John Brown’s shipyard is set to get under way next month. The first stage will involve remediation work in preparation for creating the road infrastructure and public spaces on the waterfront.