David Melhuish Four of Scotland’s leading industry groups – representing manufacturing, commercial property, retail and tourism – have united to challenge the Scottish Government to ensure future increases in business rates rise by no more than CPI, rather than the RPI measure of inflation. A
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Amanda Byrne Amanda Byrne details her experience of being a woman working in the construction sector.
South Lanarkshire Council executive director of housing, Daniel Lowe, and chair of housing, Councillor Josh Wilson More new council housing to be built in South Lanarkshire
The well-known mantra, ‘there’s an app for that’, now applies to tradespeople with even the most hands-on jobs. IronmongeryDirect has created an infographic of the 28 most useful construction apps for iOS and Android, to put job-revolutionising tech in the pockets of those who need it.
MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Govanhill Housing Association
The background shows the pillars at Waverley Station Marvel Studios has released the trailer for Avengers: Infinity War, complete with a cameo appearance from Edinburgh’s Waverley Station.
Edinburgh's former Royal Infirmary Surgical Hospital, a category-A listed building at the heart of the Quartermile development, has received detailed planning permission to become a major new facility for the University of Edinburgh. Designed by Bennetts Associates working with project managers Fait
John McNairney The Scottish Government’s Chief Planner is to withdraw the housing and infrastructure draft planning delivery advice from 1 December 2017.
A view of the proposed facility from Drumgeith Road A £100 million investment into the future of waste disposal from Dundee and Angus will go ahead after a deal was finalised to provide a new energy from waste facility to replace the city’s current Baldovie incinerator.
Contractors have identified snagging works which require the lifting of the surfacing around the bridge expansion joints Lane restrictions on the Queensferry Crossing, such as the closure of the southbound carriageway from tonight, will continue over the next 10 months due to “snagging” issues,
Mandy Willis Mace international chief operating officer Marcus Burley is stepping down from the group board at the end of December with Mandy Willis joining as group director for corporate strategy, the firm has announced.
(from left) Back row: Alastair Dee, Colin Macdonald, Gill Henry, Kevin Scott, Nile Istephan.Front row: Cathie Fancy, Kevin Stewart, Councillor Mark Rowley An innovative partnership agreement has been signed between Eildon Housing Association and Hart Builders which will deliver at least 388 high qua
Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has gained a detailed planning consent from the City of Edinburgh Council to build 149 new homes on land off Candlemaker's Park in the Gilmerton area of the city. The 15.8 acre site is a brownfield site on the south edge of Edinburgh that is already identified for housing
Clydeside Regeneration Limited (CRL) has appointed a contractor to undertake marine works at Queens Quay, the £250 million regeneration project on the site of the former John Brown’s shipyard in Clydebank. Civil engineering company George Leslie Ltd has been appointed to carry out all marine work
In the midst of a widening skills crisis the construction industry must spell out how it will train more British workers to avoid a “calamitous Brexit for the sector”, according to Unite. The UK’s construction union made the call as trade bodies this week warned that house builders in particul


