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The Scottish Government has announced changes to Modern Apprenticeships will it said provide more flexibility for employers, including those in the public sector, while also widening access for rural communities, people with disabilities and experience of care. The measures were announced today by m

Some of the D J Laing team at the Laing House headquarters in Carnoustie Architects have paid tribute to D J Laing Homes as the firm celebrated 30 years of building new homes in Dundee and Angus.

First-of-its-kind commercial regeneration partnership pays off A business park regenerated as part of a new public/private funding scheme aimed at creating urban jobs has welcomed three major new tenants.

Fossils from giant ice age-beasts were uncovered while workers were digging an extension to the Los Angeles subway system. The finds include a 3-foot-long (1 meter) section of mammoth tusk, as well as a skull and partial tusks from a much younger animal, which might have been either a mammoth or a m

Scottish Labour MSP Neil Findlay has called for an investigation into accusations that workers are being paid low wages on the Queensferry Crossing project. An investigation by construction union UCATT has claimed joiners for Portuguese sub-contractor Sosia Ltd were being paid £7.67 an hour and lab

An independent survey into the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has criticised the body for having “little or no impact on its primary mission of encouraging the provision of training” among the sector’s SMEs. Research released today by Hudson Contract found that only 9 per cent of

Hew Edgar Prior to the highly anticipated Planning Bill White Paper, RICS in Scotland has worked with ICE and RTPI to devise five shared priorities for planning in Scotland, writes Hew Edgar.

LAR chief executive Ann Leslie - image credit Mike Wilkinson A housing charity set up to help tackle a shortage of mid-rent homes across Scotland is issuing a fresh appeal to builders and developers in the Lothians to offer properties for sale to help it build up its portfolio of homes.

Alex Johnstone Alex Johnstone, the widely respected Scottish Conservative MSP, has died at the age of 55 after a short battle with cancer.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Mr & Mrs James Budge

The Glasgow Recycling and Renewable Energy Centre at Polmadie Construction and engineering workers at Interserve were turned away from a Glasgow recycling plant yesterday after the contractor was axed from its work on the site.

Glasgow City Council has today agreed to share ownership of its construction business City Building Glasgow with Wheatley Group in a 50/50 joint venture worth £3.7 billion. The partnership between Scotland's largest council and the country's biggest social landlord will secure thousands of local jo

Output from the Scottish construction sector seems to have remained buoyant during the three months immediately following the UK referendum vote to leave the European Union, new official figures suggest. New figures published today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that output in the

Ground Developments Ltd (GDL) has secured three new contracts to deliver soil modification and earthworks packages that will facilitate new-build housing for three major housebuilders to construct their new homes across Scotland. The firm has pioneered the use of soil modification techniques for use

TH Real Estate has announced its residential partners for the £1bn revamp of the St James Centre in Edinburgh. Native Land, the internationally recognised residential and mixed-use developer, and Scottish residential development firm Queensberry Properties, have teamed up to become TH Real Estate�