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Engineering construction workers at the GSK plant in Irvine will resume strike action today in a dispute over bonus payments. Around 40 workers employed by contractor Kaefer Limited will take strike action from 07:30 a.m. on 6 February up to 07:29 a.m. on 13 February. A previous round of strike acti

A council has mistakenly knocked down a sculpture honouring a local potter during roadworks. The Josiah Wedgwood art installation was created by sculptor Vincent Woropay for the National Garden Festival in 1986 and later moved to Stoke-on-Trent's Festival Park area in 2009.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Water Street Propco Investment Ltd.

The Highland Council is to invest over £2.8 million this year into carrying out improvements to its housing stock in Caithness. At yesterday's meeting of the Caithness Committee, councillors agreed a Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme that will see £2,684,000 spent on making impro

Onsite Construction T Level students have a great new opportunity to land jobs in construction, thanks to the CITB.  The CITB and partners (DfE, IFATE, NOCN, Gatsby Foundation and the Association of Colleges (AOC)) are piloting a new way for T Level students to demonstrate full occupational com

A public consultation on plans for a new housing area in Cumbernauld has been launched by North Lanarkshire Council. The council is asking for views on proposals for land at Palacerigg, part of the South Cumbernauld Community Growth Area (CGA).

South Ayrshire Council has agreed to changes to previously approved plans for 49 new homes submitted by Lynch Homes concerning land north of Barassie Farm in Collenan. The proposal by Lynch Homes features 42 two storey detached houses, with a small number of bungalows north of Barassie Farm, was app

Two apprentices have joined the CITB Carpentry and Joinery Modern Apprenticeship course thanks to internal glass specialist Indeglas. Indeglas MD, Jeanette MacIntyre, recently met Christine Tyrrell of the CITB and Derek Spence of Forth Valley College to complete the registration of Jack Tough a

Hospitality businesses will be able to place tables and chairs on the pavement outside their premises without submitting a planning application under measures expected to come into force at the end of next month. Strong support was expressed in a public consultation for the extension of permitted de

Output in the UK construction sector is estimated to have been flat in volume terms during December 2022, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has found. An increase in new work (0.5%) was offset by a decrease in repair and maintenance (0.7% fall), resulting in 0.0% growth for the month.

Officials in Turkey have targeted more than 130 people allegedly involved in poor and illegal construction methods following the pair of earthquakes that caused the collapse of thousands of buildings last week. The death toll from the quakes in south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria exceeds 33,000.

Aberdeenshire Council has formally accepted the offer of £20 million from the UK Government’s Levelling Up Fund. The region’s bid - “Cultural Tides: North Sea Connections in Aberdeenshire” - focuses on the renovation and extension of Macduff Marine Aquarium and the deve

The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity is launching its new e-learning programme to help spread some extra Valentine’s Day love and support within the construction industry. The charity’s Wellbeing Academy already offers online tutor-led masterclasses, seminars and onsite tra

The case of Muir Construction Limited v Kapital Residential Limited [2017] CSOH 132 served as a timely reminder of the importance for parties to a construction contract to understand the role of pay less notices. As economic uncertainty continues, maintaining cashflows and ensuring the correct amoun

Members of the Highland Council's City of Inverness and Area Committee have agreed a list of prioritised programmes of works for structural overlay/inlay works and surface dressing schemes which will be funded out of the Capital Budget allocation for 2023/24. Leader of Inverness and Area Cllr Ian Br