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The inaugural National Construction Skills & Innovation Summit, held at City of Glasgow College, confronted the challenges and opportunities which exist in an increasingly competitive and technologically disrupted industry. Presentations, panel discussions and demonstrations centred on

The first three months of this year saw house prices in Aberdeen (city and suburbs) drop by 4.3 per cent from the final quarter of last year, according to latest data published in a new report from Aberdeen Solicitors’ Property Centre.

A new report has revealed that online retail giant Amazon uses a stringent set of metrics built into its vast dispatch hubs to not only track the performance of workers in the warehouses but to automatically fire them if they fail to meet certain standards.

Potentially dangerous fire safety issues have been uncovered at a new-build development in West Lothian by a BBC investigation.

RESIDENTIAL – FEWER THAN TEN UNITS Applicant: Mr Andi Lothian

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has announced that pre-construction and the enabling works for a development of 295 new homes at its Spencer Fields development in Inverkeithing will officially start from 6 May 2019.

Construction of the extensive, mixed-use development on the site of the former Fountain Brewery in Fountainbridge has begun.

Development company S Harrison has submitted a planning application to give another disused site in West Edinburgh a new lease of life as a student accommodation scheme, less than two weeks after unveiling plans for a nearby site on Gorgie Road. This latest development will offer 394 bedrooms, inclu

Mackintosh at the Willow in Glasgow has been named Project of the Year, Scotland, at the RICS Awards 2019, Scotland, which celebrate the top, community-led built projects from across the country and the talent behind them. Image courtesy of Clark Contracts and Fraser Duff at Alexander Fraser Photogr

The first of a series of collaborative workshops to explore ways to increase offsite construction of affordable homes has been launched at Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) by housing minister Kevin Stewart.

Funding for skills and economic development across the South of Scotland has been announced by rural economy secretary Fergus Ewing. Through the South of Scotland Economic Partnership (SOSEP), the former Johnston school building in Kirkcudbright, which is currently lying empty, will be transformed i

Infrastructure businesses Robertson has enhanced its commitment to employee development with a tour of its regional office network by its in-house Academy. Robertson Academy covers compulsory training and personal development across the company, as well as providing bespoke works

Self-driving trucks which could help speed up roadworks are being tested for the first time in England on the UK’s biggest road upgrade. The dump trucks, which move huge amounts of earth, have the potential to work around the clock, so could help reduce the length of time roadworks are on the

King’s Quarter – one of Edinburgh’s highest-profile, mixed-use regeneration projects – has reported ‘excellent’ sales progress, as it gears up for completion by the end of the summer. 

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: University Of Edinburgh.