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Building work on London’s new super sewer is set to begin next year after the firm appointed to deliver the project was granted a licence. The £4.2 billion Thames Tideway Tunnel, will run for 15 miles below the capital, and is currently the largest infrastructure project to be undertaken by the U

Sarah Speirs The bid to secure £1 billion of funding for housing development and infrastructure improvements across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders has been welcomed by RICS Scotland.

The Shetland Islands may have to resort to using barges and ships as homes unless measures are taken to address a serious shortfall in workers’ accommodation, an official report has warned. A new report commissioned by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) forecasts that recent pressures on worke

Bids are being sought for civil engineering work worth up to £35 million on canals across Scotland. Managing body Scottish Canals wants to create a five-year framework to cover a range of duties along the country’s 220km long canal system.

(from left) Newell McGuiness, SELECT managing director, Fergus Ewing, minister for business, energy and tourism and Eric Rae, president of SELECT Properly qualified and competent electricians in Scotland should be registered to protect consumers, according to energy minister Fergus Ewing.

An independent report into a key element of the Stranraer waterfront regeneration scheme has said it is both viable and offers value for money. However, the review also found that there could have been better communication and clarity on the slipway and boat hoist project.

A woman ended up in hospital after apparently managing to mistake a can of expanding builder's foam with her hair mousse. The image of the unnamed woman has been shared all over the internet after she was said to have ended up in the A&E ward of a hospital somewhere in Eastern Europe.

Ogilvie Construction has started work on an £11 million project to build a new development in Aberdeen for SACO The Serviced Apartment Company. The nine storey building on Union Street will include studio and one bedroom apartments grouped around internal courtyards. It will incorporate a café bar

Scottish Construction Now has teamed up with the Scottish Construction Convention to give away FREE tickets to an event which promises to take a comprehensive look at the reality of implementing BIM into construction organisations, both large and small. The BIM Convention will be held at the Glasgow

(from left) Cllr Marie Penman, Cllr Neil Crooks (Kirkcaldy area committee chair), Cllr David Ross (council leader), Stewart Shearer (managing director of Robertson Partnership Homes), John Mills (Fife Council's head of housing) and Cllr Judy Hamilton (executive spokesperson for housing & buildin

Richard Howson Carillion has signed contracts, secured preferred bidder positions and been awarded frameworks, worth some £1.7 billion, since 30 June 2015.

The £1 billion transformation of Dundee Waterfront, the third largest regeneration project in the UK, has been shortlisted for a prestigious award at MIPIM UK. The Dundee project, spanning 240 hectares of land stretching 8km along the River Tay, is the figurehead for the ongoing regeneration of Dun

Helen Skelton, Andrew Fordyce from Darroch & Allan and Carl Rhymer, commercial director at CITB A Scottish apprentice and employer are celebrating winning at the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Managing Agency Apprentice Awards.

Fergus Ewing Ministers are seeking a role in EU level talks on steel dumping.

Wages in the construction industry have risen at a faster rate than any other sector over the past 12 months, according to fresh analysis of the latest data. In the last year, average pay in the building trade shot up by 5.1 per cent, the examination of labour market statistics compiled by the Offic