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The newly-established Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has hailed the “speed and efficiency” of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme rollout – but has warned that the real test will be if all claims are paid on time. Set up to support Scotland’s constructi

With more major housebuilders returning to site this week, the industry’s largest trade union has called on the UK Government to include construction workers in its targeted COVID-19 testing of key workers in order to help halt the disease’s spread.

The achievements of CMS Window Systems’ sustainability strategy over the past 14 years have been formally recognised by the Institute of Directors Scotland (IoD Scotland) with an award shortlisting for the man who has been behind the strategy since day one. CMS’s support services directo

A Scottish architectural and planning practice has developed and launched a portal of virtual work experience for secondary pupils who are missing out on work experience this term due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Halliday Fraser Munro’s team rapidly created the portal when it became clear that th

Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) has appointed Mark Tennant as its new chairman. Mark Tennant and his family run the Innes Estate in Moray. He is a former chairman of Scottish Financial Enterprise and former deputy chairman of the Scottish Government’s financial services advisory board.

Blantyre electric heating distributor EHC Energy Limited has gone into employee ownership after its directors sold a majority stake into a staff share scheme.

The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) has published a series of proposals to support the delivery of safe working environments as construction sites in the country reopen, including the need to stagger shifts from 7am to midnight.

The Forth Road Bridge will be closed to traffic from 08:00 until 16:00 on Wednesday 29 April and Wednesday 6 May to allow operating company Amey to carry out essential repairs to joints in the carriageways.

The death penalty can be handed down for the theft or destruction of manhole covers, Chinese judges have been told.

A contractor who took on nearly 80 workers when it was awarded an SGN gas mains replacement and connections contract gave them a deadline to accept voluntary redundancy just days later.

Duncan Smith draws on his experience in Scotland's social housing and construction sectors to outline the potential for post-COVID change and how EnerPHit could be a solution at scale. It’s hard to imagine where we are just now compared to just three months ago, it seems a different

The Scottish Government is to fully fund a new infrastructure programme for pop-up walking and cycling routes or temporary improvements to existing routes to better enable physical distancing

Wheatley Group has drawn down £72 million of funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) at a "highly-competitive" rate to build and improve more homes across Scotland. The funding deal – at a rate of under 1.70% fixed over 22 years – will enable the UK’s largest builder

Cumbernauld-based facades specialist MSP (Scotland) will recommence operations from May 4, providing vital materials to construction projects in England. The reopening follows a shut-down of approximately four weeks, in line with the Scottish Government’s enforced lockdown measures.

Engineering, environment and design company Sweco has brought together experts from across its transport business as part of a new dedicated active travel team to help meet growing demand for its services.