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Langstane Housing Association has announced its partnership with data and insights company Switchee and Union Technical to deliver a cutting-edge solution for insulating its challenging granite properties. This collaborative initiative is made possible through a fully funded ECO4 grant by Scottish G

A big-hearted Scottish training officer has raised thousands of pounds for the industry charity which helped him face his own mental health issues.

Kilmac has been awarded the contract with Crail Community Partnership to deliver enhancement works in the area. The project entails a series of critical tasks to enhance water management and ecological sustainability.

The Highland Council’s Employability Service and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) are delighted to announce an exciting collaboration to offer a pre-employability programme which seeks to support out-of-work young people on a pathway to the trades. Supported through the Scottish

Scotland’s first eco construction training centre is teaching students key skills to deliver net zero targets. Constructed by McTaggart Construction, the newly opened state-of-the-art facility at West Lothian College supports sustainable construction and energy efficiencies. It will provide tr

Almost half of tradespeople (47 per cent) say they have walked away from a job due a customer’s behaviour or an argument, according to research from Direct Line business insurance.

Bold plans to create a new community and regenerate the iconic Govan Graving Docks have been submitted to Glasgow City Council. The proposals, led by New City Vision, and designed by Glasgow-based architects O'DonnellBrown, would see the construction of up to 304 new homes on the southern boundary o

Grant Murray Architects has secured planning permission from Glasgow City Council to build serviced apartments at the junction of 139-141 West Regent Street. The approval clears the way for a seven-storey block containing 70 apartments alongside a ground floor restaurant and a rooftop bar following

Architecture practice 3DReid has made six leadership team promotions. Andrew Marshall and Doug Pearson in the Edinburgh studio, Jen Samuel, Kevin Langan and Mark Lorimer in the Glasgow studio and Armelle Munoz in the Birmingham studio have all been promoted to director.

Highland timber products specialist GMG Energy is set to play a bigger role in Scotland’s construction sector as it secured new stress test wood credentials. The Halladale-based business has seen three of its senior employees, including director Malcolm Morrison, secure visual softwood st

If you didn’t attend the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) Conference towards the end of last year, you can take a look at the highlights video below.

A further three surveyors at DM Hall have passed the final professional hurdle of their professional training despite the impact of Covid-19 on their college studies. The three, Greg Donald, Callum Herd and Thomas Lennie, now qualified chartered surveyors, sat and passed successfully the Assessment

The development of an eco-wellness park on the former Barony Colliery in Auchinleck has moved a step closer following the granting of planning permission in principle by East Ayrshire Council subject to conditions. The Barony NP (UK) Ltd will now follow up with applications delivering various elemen

The Loch Lomond Steamship Company, widely recognised as the guardian of the iconic Paddle Steamer Maid of the Loch, stands as a testament to the power of community and determination.

The Dundee Renewable Energy Society has raised £2.46 million in a recent crowdfunding campaign to build a new solar farm on the outskirts of Dundee. Construction is set to begin soon, after 589 people supported the crowdfunder.