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Hamish Dow, 25, a final-year civil and environmental engineering PhD student at the University of Strathclyde, has been named as the Institution of Civil Engineers, Scotland’s Emerging Engineer 2024. Mr Dow's paper – Lights, Camera, Action: AI-Powered Concrete Inspections – fo

The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has appointed Steven Mulholland to the position of chief executive. Mr Mulholland will commence his new role as CPA chief executive on 12 August 2024. He is currently the CPA chair and has been a CPA council member for 10 years. He has a great deal of ex

Phase three of Riverside Dalmarnock, a partnership project between Link and McTaggart Construction, won Age Exclusive Development of the Year at the Scottish Home Awards 2024.

Nine site managers from Barratt Developments Scotland have won a top national award for the quality of the homes they are building. Known as the ‘Oscars’ of the housebuilding industry, the Pride in the Job Award from the National House Building Council (NHBC) recognises the finest employ

Insulation manufacturer and installer energystore has acquired a majority share in award-winning Scottish specialist flooring contractor Advanced Traditional Screeding (ATS) for an undisclosed sum. Northern Ireland-headquartered energystore designs, manufactures and installs insulation systems for f

Dalian House, once a landmark 64,000 sq ft office building in the heart of Glasgow that hosted NHS Scotland, has now been revitalised and unveiled as a 92-apartment boutique build-to-rent apartment community, financed by Maven Capital Partners.

Highland Housing Alliance (HHA) has welcomed the first residents to three developments delivered in partnership with Tulloch Homes.

Despite improved transparency, a Holyrood committee has found that inconsistency, bureaucracy, and inflexibility are still creating challenges for small businesses and third sector organisations looking to participate in public procurement. A decade on from the introduction of the Procurement Reform

Nike has unveiled new shoes with built-in foot-massaging technology that it says will benefit anyone who is "on [their] feet a lot at work".

Construction and engineering firm BAM has opened a new office in Kilsyth, creating a hub in Scotland for the company’s work decarbonising the UK’s energy network as well as delivering major public buildings and infrastructure projects. The office, built by BAM in the North Lanarkshire to

Legislation giving Scottish Ministers powers to assess and remediate buildings which have unsafe cladding, where consent of the owners cannot be provided, has received royal assent. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill allows the creation of a Cladding Assurance Register to give homeow

The number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) building homes in Scotland has significantly declined, according to new figures. A report published today by representative body Homes for Scotland (HFS) shows the proportion of new homes sold by those building between three and 49 homes per an

Heat pump engineers and businesses say that a lack of available staff is the top barrier to installing more heat pumps where there is demand for installations, according to one of the most comprehensive surveys of UK heat pump installers. Nesta, the innovation charity, analysed 345 responses to a su

A new playbook on the use of AI in the construction industry has been published by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). Drawn up the CIOB's digital and innovation advisory panel, the playbook, now available for free download, has been written for built environment organisations of all sizes s