Covid-19

East Ayrshire Council revealed its innovative £68 million Barony Campus will not be delivered on time.

CMS partner and construction specialist Christine Worthington outlines how construction employers can make their workplaces safe for employees once restrictions are lifted. Scotland’s construction sector, significantly impacted by coronavirus lockdown measures, is now beginning to see the firs

DM Hall senior partner, Alan Gordon, talks about the challenges of leadership during the coronavirus pandemic. I suspect that for any new role, 33 years should be ample preparation. But taking over as the senior partner of DM Hall, one of Scotland’s leading independent firms of chartered surve

East Kilbride-based engineer Stuart Harrow details how COVID-19 could have an impact on transport planning and road infrastructure in the future. One of the first things which comes to the forefront of the public mind when a new residential development is proposed is the impact that it will have on

Lanarkshire-based Iain Potter Construction (IPC) is anticipating an increased workload amid the current coronavirus pandemic after the firm secured a six-figure CBILS loan from Bank of Scotland to help it stave off the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. 

Cameron Ewer, head of Savills Residential in Scotland, has outlined the implications of the Scottish Government’s route map out of lockdown on Scotland's residential property market.

Marcus Paine, head of Scottish Borders-based quarrying firm Hutton Stone, has said he is already looking at life after lockdown – but fears uncertainty over cashflow could leave many SMEs like his family business between a rock and a hard place. The businessman has spent 26 years building up q

More than half of Scotland’s commercial property owners and investors have cited serious or terminal financial challenges as a result of coronavirus-related rental income losses, according to a new survey. The Scottish Property Federation (SPF) conducted a poll of commercial pro

RICS head of UK government relations and city strategy Hew Edgar urges the Scottish Government to raise more awareness of the six-phase return plan for construction and issue clearer guidance with regard to the housing market. The Scottish Government should be commended for its clear messaging on he

ESPC has highlighted how the Scottish property market might move forward after the coronavirus lockdown measures have been eased.

The first tentative steps to get the construction sector in Scotland back to work have been widely supported by the industry but also met with calls for much-needed clarity of exactly what a phased return entails.

Dundee-based lorry hire firm Norman Jamieson Ltd has secured a six-figure loan from Bank of Scotland to help buffer against a decrease in demand amid the construction industry shutdown.

The construction sector could return to work on a phased basis from May 28 under a new framework announced today by the Scottish Government.

Wates Group has become the first major contractor to unveil large-scale redundancies in direct response to the coronavirus crisis. The privately-owned construction, property services and development group has announced a programme of redundancies that will reduce staff numbers by approximately 300,

Robertson Group is planning to resume work on Aberdeen University’s new £35 million science building next month with extra cabins to maintain social distancing. The project, which is situated on the corner of St Machar Drive and Bedford Road, ground to a halt at the end of March when loc