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Spending on underground systems will boost productivity and deliver local economic growth, writes Scape Group chief executive, Mark Robinson. For decades infrastructure investment has focused on providing improved connectivity to and from London. Projects like Crossrail, Crossrail 2 and HS2, all sti

Morrison Construction has officially handed over keys for the new £18.9 million Wallyford Primary School to East Lothian Council. Completed with development partner hub South East, the new facility replaces the existing school building at Salters Road.

CEOs and directors from 32 energy and utilities employers have launched a sector inclusion commitment to attract more diverse and inclusive talent. Sector employers including Amey, Balfour Beatty, Clancy Docwra, Keltbray, Kier and Morrison Utilities are among the contractors signing up.

More people will gain access to engineering and construction education after Glasgow Caledonian University secured £5.4 million to become one of Scotland's largest providers of Graduate Apprenticeships. The funding award, from Skills Development Scotland (SDS), will allow the University to off

An initiative that has already given a number of young women the skills to begin their careers in the built environment sector is gearing up to welcome its next cohort of ambitious students. Facilitated by New College Lanarkshire, the nine-week Females into Construction course is backed by several s

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) is working in partnership with Scottish Natural Heritage, Architecture and Design Scotland and the Scottish Government to support more innovative, greener designs in the housing sector. Building on the social housing sector’s track record

Nominations are now open for the 2019 Saltire Society Housing Design Awards. Rewarding innovation and advocating Scottish house building and place making for longer than any other design award in Scotland, the awards work to encourage good, affordable, adaptable and environmentally sustainable housi

Researchers at Northumbria University have come up with a solution for mould, mildew and damp which cost housing associations, landlords and homeowners millions of pounds a year in repairs. Over the last year, Northumbria academics, along with partners from BIM Academy and the National Energy Founda

Visitors to Levengrove Park can now enjoy delicious homemade food and hot drinks at the newly opened Pavilion Café. The café, which is part of a £2.6m Heritage Lottery Funding investment in the park, is open every day from 10am to 4pm.

The charity behind a plan to build a garden bridge across the Thames spent £53.5 million without even beginning full construction, new figures have revealed. The project, which was overseen by then London Mayor Boris Johnson, was officially abandoned in August after it lost the support of curr

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Hillcrest Housing Association has received a go-ahead from Dundee councillors for a new 130-home development at Ellengowan Drive. The social housing landlord plans to demolish the existing 128 cottage flats on the site to make way for 39 houses and 91 flats.

PBA, now part of Stantec, has recently appointed Graeme Bruce as director M&E to continue the growth of its buildings team in Scotland. He will work closely with the existing M&E and Structures teams in Scotland and other regions to promote our successful multidisciplinary services and

International engineering federation the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) has secured a major agreement with the World Bank that will see the international funding organisation adopt the use of six FIDIC standard contracts for the next five years. Under the terms of the agree

Metering and energy services business Energy Assets Group (EAG) has announced that from 1st February 2019, all of its utility network design and construction operations will be rebranded as Energy Assets Utilities (EAU). As a result of the brand strategy, Future Energy Group (FEG), which w