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A “one nation” approach to training is essential to ensure skills, standards and safety are consistent everywhere across Scotland and the UK, electrical bodies have warned. Localised training has been suggested as a ‘quick fix’ for teaching would-be electricians new skil

Law firm CMS has appointed Fenella Mason as a partner in the firm’s infrastructure, construction and energy (ICE) disputes practice in Edinburgh. Fenella, who joins from Burness Paull where she led the firm’s construction and projects team for 13 years, has more than 30 years of exp

Dundee-based Logie Glazing and Building Services Limited has entered administration and ceased trading, resulting in the redundancy of all 16 employees.

Changeworks has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) with the aim of accelerating and improving retrofit in Scotland.

The Scottish National Investment Bank has secured the completion of 481 mid-market rental homes over the course of the last financial year, its second full year accounts have revealed. In February 2022, the Bank committed £40 million to aid the construction of affordable housing acro

Housing minister Paul McLennan visited a new council house site in Motherwell to see and hear first-hand about the innovative features North Lanarkshire Council is delivering in its new build homes, to help reduce emissions and meet ambitious net zero targets.

Almost £7.7 million was provided through Glasgow City Council’s Private Sector Housing Grant programme to repair and maintain private homes in the 2022/23 financial year, a council committee heard yesterday.

An action-packed play park for dogs is set to be the “best in Scotland” when it opens this weekend.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Huntly Arms Hotel LtdPlanning Authority: AberdeenshireDetails: Proposed Change of Use of 3 Class 1a (Shops and Financial, Professional and Other Services) to Class 7 (Hotel and Hostels) Ancillary AccommodationLocation: Huntly Arms Hotel Charlestown Road Aboyn

With some architects in Argyll and Bute no longer accepting small domestic commissions because of interminable planning delays, some of the region's most prominent practices have grouped together to raise concerns with the local planning department and discuss how the system can be unblocked.

The latest innovations in robotics and automation will be showcased at the Robotics Theatre, a brand-new feature at next week’s UK Construction Week Birmingham.

Network Rail will shortly undertake two weekends of around-the-clock working as part of a £2.5 million investment to renew elements of the Finnieston tunnel in Glasgow.

Fife College’s new campus in Dunfermline is on course to meet Scottish Government carbon targets for its use of a unique steel/timber construction, according to its structural engineer.

Geoquip Marine, a specialist in acquiring, analysing, and reporting global offshore geotechnical data, is getting to work on gathering crucial engineering data to support the proposed MarramWind floating offshore windfarm.

Consultants are being invited to tender for the third iteration of Pagabo’s Professional Services framework. Along with a UK framework agreement valued at £780 million, the newly-released opportunity also has a dedicated framework for Scotland valued at £27m.