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A year of successful campaigning on behalf of Scotland’s professional electricians will be marked at the 107th AGM of SELECT. The electrotechnical industry trade body’s long-running campaign for Protection of Title for electricians has gained a high profile in the Scottish Parliamen

The search is on for Scotland’s top engineering and construction projects with the launch of the prestigious Saltire Civil Engineering Awards for 2019. The Saltire Awards celebrate outstanding civil engineering achievement, innovation and ingenuity in Scotland and in recent years, have grown i

A lawyer has urged employers to take steps to ensure they hold on to vital international staff post-Brexit. Matthew Cole, employment partner at Prettys, issued the advice ahead of International Workers’ Day on May 1.

Rugby World Cup winner Kyran Bracken has teamed up with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) to kick off this year’s UK-wide SkillBuild competition in Glasgow. Around 200 people gathered at the City of Glasgow College today for the first of eight regional SkillBuild competitions aim

The Canongate, a boutique hotel redevelopment in the heart of Edinburgh’s New Waverley regeneration project, has been placed on the market for £8 million by its owner. The former C-listed Victorian schoolhouse will feature 21 apart-hotel style bedrooms as well as commercial units which s

A residential tower in Miami is planning for a Jetsons-esque future by topping the structure with a skydeck for flying cars and drones. The city’s newest luxury skyscraper comes decked out with all the latest amenities such as an entertainment centre, Tai Chi deck, infinity pool and observator

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The Scottish Government has made an additional £80 million available over the next two years to help councils deliver affordable homes. In 2019-20 council areas will benefit from an extra £42m on previously announced funding for affordable housing. In 2020-21, councils wil

Affordable homes are to be developed in Aberdeen city centre after offices at Exchequer House were acquired by developer Swan Group. Previously used as commercial offices, the four floors above the currently occupied ground floor has recently received planning permission for a 37-unit development.

Plans to transform a former Fife maternity hospital into housing have been approved by councillors. The site of the Forth Park Hospital in Kirkcaldy, which has lain empty since it closed in January 2012, will be given a new lease of life in the form of 41 homes and the conversion of existing buildin

Scotland’s minister for energy, connectivity and the islands Paul Wheelhouse MSP will be visiting the inaugural Dcarbonise exhibition and conference and All-Energy, the UK’s largest renewable and low carbon energy exhibition and conference, on May 16. Mr Wheelhouse will deliver a ke

Struggling construction firm Galliford Try has announced its intention to close much of its business in Scotland. Around 350 jobs are reported to be under threat, with most of those affected north of the Border.

Scotland’s small building firms have fared better than their UK-wide counterparts with a strong start to 2019, according to FMB Scotland. The FMB’s quarterly assessment of the UK SME construction sector found that workloads declined for the first time in six years across the UK as more r

Planning applications have been lodged for three new early years facilities in East Dunbartonshire. Holmes Miller has submitted plans on behalf of the local authority and its delivery partner hub West Scotland for the centres in Milngavie, Kirkintilloch and Bearsden.

A £40 million roads and footways investment which is set to benefit every community in Renfrewshire has been outlined by the local authority. The five-year programme forms part of the biggest ever sustained investment in the region’s roads network, with more than £8m set to be inve