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Kelly Boorman Kelly Boorman, head of construction at RSM, on some possible ways to address the skills gap in UK construction.

The site of a former West Lothian psychiatric hospital which could become the site of hundreds of new homes after being brought to the market for sale. Extending to 87 hectares (215 acres), the former Bangour Village hospital in Dechmont provides the potential for up to 800 new build homes and the c

Innes Smith, Springfield Properties managing director (left), with Conor Christie Developer Springfield Properties has exceeded its training ambitions after announcing that 23% of all staff are now engaged with training or education.

Emma Louise MacKenzie Following the regional heat of the CITB’s SkillBuild 2017 competition, which took place at South Lanarkshire College earlier this month, Scottish Construction Now is showcasing case studies of apprentices involved.

£1m expansion for resurrected sand mine A £1 million expansion at a sand mine that re-opened in 2012 has created nine new jobs in rural Lochaber.

Hundreds of construction workers delivering the new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team stretch, bend, squat and wiggle — all before 7 a.m. The daily loosening-up regimen is a priority for Minnesota-based Mortenson Construction, which is managing the $524 million project.

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Valerie Surgenor Earlier this month, the construction company known as Construction Materials Online Limited was fined £55,000 by the Information Commission’s Office for breaching the laws on data protection and information security. Valerie Surgenor from MacRoberts discusses the case.

Edinburgh-based property group Lomond Capital has announced the purchase of a Birmingham property business Wolf’s Lettings and Estate Agency. Wolf’s manages more than 750 properties, bringing the number of properties managed by Lomond’s Birmingham operation, John Shepherd, to 2,000 in total. A

Pauline McCabe Pauline McCabe of Kier Construction gives her account of being a woman in construction, the path she took to getting there and her views on getting more women to consider a career in this sector.

(from left) Luke Fisher (Jura Consultants); Gillian Lockyer (Studio 42 Design); Colin Love (South Ayrshire Council); Mark Fletcher (Chair, Maybole Community Council) Planning underway for £6m Maybole regeneration project

A tech firm has created new wireless electric vehicle charging technology which enables the cars to pick up charge while driving. Qualcomm Halo, which has been developed by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI), has been tested and proven to allow electric vehicles (EV) to charge while parked or while d

A decision on Aberdeen Football Club’s plans to create a new £50 million football and community sports hub has been delayed following requests for further information. The development at Kingsford was due to be discussed by councillors in June, but the club confirmed today that the appli

Motor dealership Peter Vardy has lodged a detailed planning application for a new Perth Porsche Centre at Broxden on the edge of the city. The firm plans to invest more than £5 million to develop a vehicle showroom, workshop/ garage and valet service building on a site at Tweed Place, creating arou

Euan Pirie Euan Pirie from Harper Macleod highlights the imminent launch of NEC4