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McLaughlin & Harvey has partnered with the Scottish Prison Service to run an employability programme for residents at Scotland’s first community custody unit for female prisoners. To help their preparations for release, the contractor is running its accredited ‘Best Your Be
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Property and construction consultancy Gleeds has officially been named as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women by Great Place to Work. Only those businesses who achieve the highest scores after evaluation receive Best Workplaces status and Gleeds is proud to be one of just 55 companies to
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Robertson Group has received the Gold Award in the 'Building & Construction: Energy Reduction’ category at this year’s Green Apple Environment Awards.
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Here are the top 10 most read articles from the weird and wonderful world of Scottish Construction Now's And finally... feature. Ally McCoist’s housing plan drives locals batty
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Eleven site managers from Barratt and David Wilson Homes Scotland have won an NHBC Pride in the Job Award in recognition of their commitment to building homes of outstanding quality. Now in its 45th year, the prestigious Pride in the Job Awards recognise the very best site managers from around the c
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An English man who won the lottery and fulfilled his dream of creating a crazy golf course in his garden is welcoming organisations supporting people with disabilities to test it out.
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Scotland’s electrical bodies have rushed to congratulate a talented young electrical apprentice who will take on the best in the world at a prestigious global skills competition in France later this year. Danny McBean, 21, from Dufftown, Morayshire, will face the challenge of a lifetime after
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Our popular "and finally" section, with the most absurd, offbeat, strange or funny construction stories, has entertained readers over the past year.
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Members of the public, school children and MSPs, as well as those just curious to find out more about life in constriction, took the opportunity to visit one of four Morrison Construction sites as part of this year’s Open Doors Weekend. Alford Schools Community Campus, Inverness Campus (Inverness
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is launching a new initiative to help property firms across Scotland create a more inclusive and competitive workforce.
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The annual Ruhrtriennale festival in Germany regularly attracts installations which operate on the boundaries of art, architecture and design. The designers of this particular piece, Atelier Van Lieshout, describe the structure which they call the ‘Domestikator’ as “a symbol for the power of h
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New Gorbals Housing Association’s newest homes in Laurieston have been named in the top 100 buildings of the century, and shortlisted for the Scotstyle architecture award. The Scotstyle list, which features buildings from 1916 right up to the present day, has been compiled by Royal Incorporation o
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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.
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The tender period for bids to deliver the Union Terrace Gardens project in Aberdeen has been extended. It is understood only one potential bidder for the work has so far come forward.
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V&A Dundee, Perth Theatre and a housing association office in Glasgow are among the 19 architectural gems included in a shortlist of Scotland’s best new buildings. The projects were unveiled as the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) announced the shortlist for its 2019 aw
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