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Good planning is the most important factor for preventing construction projects from going over budget, according to new research by Association for Project Management (APM). A survey conducted for APM by research company Censuswide asked project professionals whose primary project is on or under bu

International law firm Pinsent Masons has launched a global guide to help the infrastructure sector to better deliver global mega infrastructure projects through Joint Ventures (JVs). The number of global mega projects, such as HS2 in the UK, is set to increase - with scale and stimulus measures lik

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has served a summons on three contractors involved in building a troubled hospital complex where problems led to losses of around £73 million. The health board is taking action against Multiplex, Capita Property and Infrastructure Ltd and Currie and Brown UK Limit

The president of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has launched a 10-year action plan to make the planning profession more diverse and inclusive. It follows the launch, in January 2020, of the RTPI’s new Corporate Strategy 2020-2030 which sees Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity as one

RESIDENTIAL – TEN UNITS OR MORE Applicant: Weiss Developments Co. Ltd

Sanctuary Homes has seen two of its properties achieve the top energy efficiency rating in Scotland as part of a pilot project to deliver sustainable homes for the future. The homes, at Sanctuary’s £25 million Newfield Square development in the Nitshill area of Glasgow, have been built t

Construction has reached a pivotal stage in the creation of a new housing development in Glasgow’s South Side.

The money required to deliver three secondary schools, two new care homes and extra investment in the Borders’ road network has been agreed.

Glasgow-based multi-disciplinary practice NIXON has been appointed to complete reinstatement works at flats at the city's Lancefield Quay following an extensive fire which broke out last December.

Kiltane Developments has submitted plans to the City of Edinburgh Council to replace warehousing at a backlands site off Edinburgh's Gorgie Road with 217 student beds and 59 residential apartments.

Eagle-eyed shoppers will start to see the new £20 Bank of Scotland polymer note as it officially enters circulation.

Planning permission has been granted for an £86 million postgraduate building development at the University of Glasgow.

More women are showing an interest in construction as a career and the industry badly needs them, according to a leading Scottish contractor. Bruce Dickson, regional director of BAM Construction in Scotland, was speaking ahead of BAM’s sponsorship of the annual Women in Property Central Scotla

Dene Mitchell on the need for hotels to increase fire safety precautions. As Glasgow’s hotel sector grows at an unprecedented rate and in the light of very high-profile hotel fires at Travelodge in Brentford and the Holiday Inn, Walsall in 2019, and Cameron House at Loch Lomond in 2017, more a

George Restall has been appointed as finance director of Interserve Group Limited, the international support services, construction and equipment group. He will take over from Mark Goldsworthy with effect from 3rd April 2020.