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Glasgow pub to make way for flats Developer Scotia House and CRGP architects have tabled plans to build 24 flats in a second phase of development off Glasgow’s Paisley Road West.
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The latest pay talks for the largest construction industrial agreement have broken up after unions and employers were unable to agree a deal. Around 500,000 construction workers are affected by The Construction Industry Joint Council Working Rule Agreement.
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Lochgilphead is in line for new industrial, tourism and community developments after councillors agreed a strategic masterplan for Kilmory Park. Part owned by Argyll and Bute Council and MacLeod Construction Ltd, the site will be split into five zones to be developed for industrial, business, touris
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Smartphone addiction is so bad in the German city of Augsburg that youngsters are now so engrossed in their phones that they’re entirely oblivious to pedestrian crossings. After two seriously close escapes during which people stepped into the path of an oncoming tram the city council decided somet
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Kezia Dugdale Scottish Labour has launched its manifesto for the Holyrood election, pledging to reform the planning regime and to end the housing crisis by building 60,000 affordable homes.
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The Sweett Group project team Sweett Group, the provider of professional services for the construction and management of building and infrastructure projects, has been appointed by Fife College to provide technical advisory services on its new £90 million West Fife Campus in Dunfermline.
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Alasdair Henderson The Federation of Piling Specialists (FPS) has appointed Alasdair Henderson as its new chair.
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A 60-year-old worker has been killed after being hit by a crane he was directing on the Queensferry Crossing project. The fatal incident occurred just after noon on Thursday on the deck attached to the bridge’s north tower. It is understood that the worker died after he was hit by the boom of a sp
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Oxgangs Primary School was the first school in Edinburgh to close The City of Edinburgh Council will appoint independent experts to check that the city’s schools are safe to reopen in a move that marks a significant departure from the previous system which saw builders approve their own work.
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Liberty House has completed its acquisition of the former Tata Steel plate making facilities at Dalzell and Clydebridge in Lanarkshire. The deal involved a back-to-back transaction in which the Scottish Government acquired the two plants from Tata Steel and immediately sold them to Liberty House.
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(from left) Chris Chivers, president, CIOB; Neil Kelly and Ian Gracie, chair, CIOB Scotland Head of construction at MacRoberts LLP, Neil Kelly, has been presented with a top award from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).
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(from left) Kit Campbell (Architect), Neil Baxter (Secretary, RIAS), Karen Cunningham (Director, Festival of Architecture 2016) and David Dunbar (Chair, Festival of Architecture 2016). Photo credit: Malcolm Cochrane A new book documenting the best 100 buildings in Scotland over the past 100 years ha
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Sibbald Training has raised £740 for The Lighthouse Club thanks to fundraising challenges held during SCOTPLANT 2016. Held at the Royal Highland Showground in April, the biannual event saw Sibbald Training exhibit and run an ‘Operators Challenge’ and ‘Kids Challenge’ allowing everyone of a
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Miller Homes to build better lives in Malawi Sixteen members of the Miller Homes team are looking forward to laying the foundation for a better future for families in Malawi after volunteering to take part in Habitat for Humanity’s Global Village Trip.
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A new £1.15 million Dalmonach Community Centre and nursery will be built after the plans were agreed by councillors. The existing Dalmonach CE Centre, in Bonhill, was forced to close in January following serious damage to its flat-roof.
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