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The Border Engineering Training Association (BETA) has been renamed Borders Technical Training Association (BTTA) with effect from 1 September. To coincide with the change, the organisation also has a new website and logo.

Dumfries and Galloway Council's Economy and Resources committee will today consider a report on the Vacant and Derelict Land and Property Strategy (VDLPS). The report outlines the council’s approach to managing and regenerating vacant and derelict land and property. It also outlines the Counci

The LA home where Marilyn Monroe lived before her death could be demolished. The owners of the $8.35 million bungalow have filed to tear down the Hacienda-style home, where the body of the 'Some Like It Hot' star was discovered in August 1962.

Aberdeenshire Architectural and Landscape Design Awards (AALDA) were established in 1997 as a means of raising the profile of good innovative design. Taking place every two years, the awards provide a benchmark for the quality of recent development and the effectiveness of planning policies.

A new scheme to support the local construction industry recruit and sustain suitably skilled employees has got off the ground in Orkney. The industry, in common with many other sectors, have been finding it difficult to recruit and this is another tool designed to help.

Councillors at a meeting of Fife Council's Cabinet Committee have today given the go-ahead to relocate inverkeithing High School to the former Fleet Grounds in Rosyth. Members of the committee agreed the recommendation to relocate the school, following a widespread consultation, with a decision on w

A homeowner who spent five years building a secret underground cavern in his garden despite not having planning permission may have to demolish the structure. Now an application for retrospective permission for the cavern has been made by the resident in Sefton, who is creating the garden structure

Clark Contracts has been re-appointed to the NHS National Services Scotland’s Scottish Minor Building Works framework, which will run for the next two years, with the option to extend by a further two years. This re-appointment to two lots of the framework will see the firm deliver projects up

LaBella Associates, an international architecture, engineering, environmental and planning firm has acquired Kiloh Associates, a Scottish multidisciplinary engineering firm, specialising in civil, structural, geotechnical and environmental disciplines. Kiloh is based in Glasgow, with five offices an

Specification and product information platform NBS and building cost information provider BCIS have announced a new partnership that will help support the industry in its drive to net-zero buildings. The partnership will incorporate robust data sets from BCIS into NBS’ specification writing pl

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has unveiled a new UK test regime for Heat Interface Units (HIUs), which replaces the original standard developed in 2016 and revised in 2018. BESA’s UK HIU Test Regime has been considerably expanded and enhanced to improve the information a

The Highland Council has been awarded Scottish Government grant funding to deliver the Energy Efficient Scotland: Area Based Scheme (EES:ABS) programme for the 11th consecutive year. The EES:ABS programme is fully funded by the Scottish Government and offers eligible Highland residents grant funding

Raymond Carr, advertising manager for Scottish Construction Now will be in attendance at tomorrow's highly anticipated Offsite Expo in Coventry. The exhibition takes place in the Ericsson Business Hall, Coventry Building Society Arena on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.

Redpath Construction has been successful in securing a place on the NHS National Services Scotland - Scottish Minor Building Works Framework to deliver critical NHS Estate improvement projects ranging from £500,000 to £4 million. To date, the 11 projects it has secured and delivered with

North Ayrshire Council has revealed delays to two major education construction projects. The new Moorpark Primary School in Kilbirnie was due to open later this month. According to the council, while the exterior of the new school is largely complete, work is delayed within the internal areas and th