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Construction workers from Peru have been caught downing tools to watch Los Incas play their World Cup opener against Denmark. The video, which seems to catch the workers unaware that they are being recorded, displays the workers dancing and chanting in unison.

Image of the Grenfell Tower fire courtesy of Natalie Oxford via Twitter The Scottish Government has announced a consultation on tougher building safety standards to coincide with the first anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire which killed 72 people.

The new Queensferry High School project has reached an important milestone as financial close was achieved yesterday clearing the way for main construction works to begin, with the school due to be completed by Spring 2020.

New figures published by Skills Development Scotland show the number of Modern Apprentice (MA) starts in 2017/18 has increased to 27,145.

Opening of Mackintosh at the Willow in Glasgow Sauchiehall Street following a £10m restoration of the original Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed building On the 150th anniversary of the birth of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 7th June 2018, The Willow Tea Room Trust invited a group of guests to previe

Bancon Homes has announced plans to launch a new neighbourhood of family homes - Kinion Place, which will create an exclusive community of 100 homes on the outskirts of Aberdeen.

The new Boroughmuir High School was officially opened at a special ceremony by the Minister for Higher and Further Education and Science Shirley-Anne Somerville this week.

The first stage of a public consultation on the furute of Glasgow's famous Argyle Street retail, residential and business thoroughfare gets underway this weekend.

Brian Berry The 28 per cent fall in construction apprenticeship starts between August 2017 and March 2018 compared with the same period the previous academic year suggests the Government needs to look again at the way the Apprenticeship Levy is working, according to the Federation of Master Builders

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A group of construction workers suffering through the recent heatwave in the south of England have worked a flanker on health and safety officials who had banned them from wearing shorts on the sweltering site – by wearing dresses and skirts instead. According to reports in the Daily Mail, the men

Plans for a landmark country and heritage park at the centre of a proposed new housing, retail and business development off the M8 corridor have been submitted to North Lanarkshire Council.

Stuart Robb Rutherglen-based construction firm MMPS (Scotland) Limited have appointed Stuart Robb and Julien Irving of Leonard Curtis Business Rescue & Recovery in a bid to save the troubled business.

Paul Brewer The directors of Hub South East Scotland have announced the appointment of Paul Brewer as the new chair of the board.

Alison Condie One of Scotland’s largest house builders has bolstered its senior management team with a number of promotions and new appointments.