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School leavers and other young people are being urged to consider engineering careers with the launch of a campaign that highlights the sector's offer of a chance to tackle the climate crisis and provide better living and working conditions for their communities.

Fewer than one-third of Generation Z would consider a career in the built environment, with 57% of women and girls in the age category still put off the industry because of perceptions it is male-dominated, according to new research.

ID Systems (IDS), a part of M Group Services, has secured a long term Telemetry Engineering Support Services framework contract with Scottish Water.

A Filipino construction worker has forged a new career after teaching himself how to shape surfboards by hand. After he’d been surfing and teaching for a few years, Larry Hufalar, better known as Tikboy, started tinkering around with broken boards, teaching himself how to make repairs. So

Kier has today unveiled a new structure for its UK construction business that it said will support the firm's ambitions for sustainable growth in its key sectors over the next five years. The new structure consists of five business units including four regional businesses, its maintenance offering,

Directors at Tayside construction firm Kilmac have declared themselves "pleased" with the company's performance after it reported an increase in turnover despite challenges during the pandemic.

A major development project by Chris Stewart Group (CSG) on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile will be handed over to operators later this month to capitalise on the easing of restrictions on international tourism. 329 High Street was leased from the City of Edinburgh Council in 2019 and has been transfor

Work is well on a major new £18 million education development in South Ayrshire is well under way after pupils, councillors and members of the local community gathered last month to celebrate the official start of construction on the new Prestwick Educational Campus. Prestwick Educational Camp

Stornoway Port Authority has awarded £2.5 million worth of major contracts as part of a wider £12m investment in its Newton Basin/Goat Island development.

Fibre optic broadband cables could be fed through water pipes as part of a UK Government trial to connect hard-to-reach homes, businesses and mobile masts without digging up roads. A total of £4 million has been allocated in research funding for cutting-edge innovators to trial what the g

Maxi Construction has this week started work on a new £1m flagship boathouse in Edinburgh for St Andrew Boat Club (SABC).

With students across Scotland receiving their exam results today, Martin O'Donnell from the Akela Group reveals how the construction sector can become more youth-friendly. Today, exam results are unveiled in Scotland after over a year of disruption to education in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

An Advice Note has been issued to assist in determining the fire risk posed by external wall systems in existing multi-storey residential buildings. The Scottish Government publication is designed is to help ensure that people are not placed at undue risk of harm as a result of fire spreading over o

Developer ML5 Ltd has submitted plans to transform the former Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) office block in Coatbridge into 39 new flats. Plans submitted to North Lanarkshire Council have revealed plans for its conversion into “affordable residential units”, with the new one- an

Four A-listed New Town townhouses formerly used as the offices of law firm Brodies may return to residential use under newly submitted plans by CDA Architects.