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Hundreds of new homes are closer to becoming a reality after work got under way on the latest phase of regeneration in Pennywell. Set to complete in 2021, Pennywell Phase 3 is part of a wider housing regeneration project in the area being delivered through a partnership with the City of Edinbur

Architectural practice Anderson Bell +Christie has become the latest Scottish business to announce its transition to employee ownership – an increasingly popular business model.

The biggest ever expansion in offsite construction teaching materials has been announced thanks to a £1.2 million investment from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).

The architects behind North Ayrshire’s new Additional Support Needs (ASN) school – which is due to open next year – say they are “living and breathing” the special and exciting project.

After a century of flight to the suburbs, urban living has come into vogue for a variety of reasons. Queensberry Properties’ sales and marketing director, Hazel Davies, explores further. For much of the 20th century, living in the heart of a city was unfashionable and even somewhat undesirable

Five organisations have formed a partnership to train and support 180 people into roles within the construction industry.

Construction output increased by 0.2% in August compared to the previous month as a rise of 1.1% in repair and maintenance was only slightly offset by a fall in new work of 0.2%.

Charles Jencks, who co-founded the Maggie’s Centres for cancer patients and created some of Scotland’s most distinctive works of outdoor design, has died aged 80. An architectural historian and landscape designer, the American-born author published more than 30 books on cosmic science an

Charlie Drysdale, project development manager, heat and distributed energy at SSE Enterprise, discusses the issue of heat networks, which is a subject central to the Scottish decarbonisation agenda. Scotland has legislated to become a net-zero carbon society by 2045, with an interim target of 7

Construction industry charity Lighthouse Club welcomed a capacity crowd at the Westminster Park Plaza Hotel in London on December 6 on what turned out to be a record-breaking event. A monumental quarter of a million pounds was raised through table sales, live and silent auctions, heads and tails, a

Construction output recorded its largest monthly fall since January 2018 as it decreased by 2.3% in October 2019.

Dunfermline-based contract furniture specialist Deanestor has completed a £1.5 million contract to manufacture bespoke furniture and fit out over 200 rooms for Bertha Park High School in Perth.

To mark Blue Monday 2020, Sally Orton shares her wealth of experience in helping construction businesses to identify and effectively manage poor mental health in the workplace. According to the Mental Health Foundation, as many as 3 in 10 employees will experience a mental health problem in any

Fife’s flagship industrial innovation investment programme is taking shape as construction work starts on nine new business units at Queensway Industrial Estate in Glenrothes.  (from left) Scott Sinton, Bell Group supervisor; Modern Apprentice Mathew Fleming; Mark Herd, Fife Council; Cllr

The climate emergency has risen to the top of the UK’s political agenda in recent years, with green issues set to become one of the biggest political hot potatoes of the decade. Last year, the UK legislated for net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This was recommended by the Committee on