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Cabinet secretary for transport Fiona Hyslop has announced the allocation of a further £10 million of Scottish Government funding to help make walking, wheeling and cycling easier for shorter everyday journeys. Local authorities and regional transport partnerships from across Scotland have app

Edison Group CEO Calum Melville shares his thoughts about the continuing practice of retentions in the UK construction industry, which he argues has been a source of conflict for too long and calls for governments to act. Is there a strategy within the construction industry in Britain to drive contr

Campion Homes joint managing director Dougie Herd believes last month's Housing and Social Care Accessibility Summit will result in a step forward for accessible homes in Scotland. On 26 September, I had the privilege of speaking as part of a panel at the Housing and Social Care Accessibility Summit

Fearless Alasdair Rankin, managing director of Aitken Turnbull Architects, completed an epic tandem sky-dive in support of the firm’s chosen charity partner for this year – SAMH – Scottish Action for Mental Health. The intrepid boss descended 15000ft from a twin-engine aircraft hig

Glass mineral wool insulation manufacturer Superglass has unveiled its new marketing campaign, featuring a brand film with Kevin McCloud. In the film, titled The Walk, Kevin highlights the Superglass journey from its roots in Stirling to modern lean manufacturing practices that define its produ

Scottish businessmen Sandy and James Easdale have expanded their £800 million property portfolio with the purchase of the Inverclyde industrial site formerly owned by global packaging manufacturer Berry bpi. The brothers acquired the 5.42-acre property on Port Glasgow Road as momentum builds f

Two primary schools will be established to serve the new major housing developments at Durieshill and South Stirling Gateway. A combined total of over 4,100 new homes are expected to be built on the sites situated between Bannockburn, Plean and the Pirnhall M9 junction after developers were given ap

Talented construction sector workers from across Scotland were celebrated at a glittering Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) awards ceremony last week. On Friday October 11, hundreds of industry professionals gathered at Double Tree by Hilton Hotel in central Glasgow to recognise some of the sec

A talented young Lanarkshire electrician has been rewarded for his “unprecedented enthusiasm” after being chosen as the winner of the Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB) Apprentice of the Year, in conjunction with Edmundson Electrical. Scott Ahern, from East Kilbride, managed to see off

One of the oldest casino buildings in Las Vegas and the last surviving remnant of the city's infamous mob era has been demolished in a spectacular ceremony. The implosion of the Tropicana came at the culmination of a seven-minute live-streamed celebration that included a fireworks display and hundre

Investor confidence in the stability of prime asset pricing is growing, according to research by Lismore Real Estate Advisors. Nearly two-thirds (65%) of investors believe pricing as "found its level", with nearly 90% of funds and investment managers sharing this view, according to an investor surve

Clark Contracts has been re-appointed to Scotland Excel’s £1.5 billion New Build Residential Construction Framework. The contractor has been appointed to all five lots of the framework which covers both the traditional build and design and build, of various sizes of housing developments

New national occupational standards for tunnelling and chimney work have been introduced by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). CITB, the body that sets the standards for the construction industry, worked with TunnelSkills, the national specialist training group for the UK tunnelling se

A ceremony has been held to mark the start of construction for a new medical and dental centre at Leuchars Station in Fife. The construction contract, worth nearly £22 million, was awarded by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) to GRAHAM last year. 

International architecture firm BDP has relocated its Glasgow office to the iconic Grosvenor Building at 72 Gordon Street opposite Glasgow Central Station. The move, facilitated by Ryden's office agency team, sees BDP occupy the entire 8,584 sq ft second floor of the building, originally designed in