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The Construction Industry Collective Voice (CICV) has reassured clients that ongoing price rises for projects are caused by global events not “profiteering” and said any increases only reflect the spiralling costs that are affecting the whole construction industry. Clients have voiced co

Christoph Ackermann, a principal at BDP, outlines how good design of healthcare buildings can deliver improved wellbeing for all. What is a hospital’s primary purpose? To offer a diagnosis for disease. To treat the sick and injured. Or to provide shelter in a series of buildings for those duri

A major milestone has been reached in the build of the new Meadowbank Sports Centre with the completion certificate being issued to the main contractor Graham Construction. This enables the project to progress to the next stage - Edinburgh Leisure can now begin preparing the building for opening. Al

Construction and property consultants Summers-Inman has promoted Michael Pollock to head of building surveying (Scotland) as it targets expansion into new sectors. Based at the firm’s Scottish headquarters in Edinburgh, Mr Pollock’s promotion to director will see him focus on managi

Edinburgh College has officially opened a new Renewables and Energy Efficiency Training Centre aimed at helping people save energy in their homes, thanks to funding from SP Energy Networks. The new facility will see students, apprentices and industry professionals learn how to use cutting edge equip

A Japanese railway company has unveiled a giant worker robot that can be tasked to carry out jobs that are considered risky for humans. The robot has a human-like torso and a pair of hands to carry out a range of tasks, such as cleaning the power lines with a specially-designed multi-angle brus

Alice Minick, an associate at Dentons UK and Middle East LLP, believes the Court of Session case Van Oord UK Ltd v Dragados, which overturned an adjudicator's decision on the grounds of a breach of natural justice, provides an interesting opportunity to examine a successful challenge of an

Two of Scotland’s leading architects have raised concerns that a ‘flawed’ tender system could see the Glasgow School of Art’s rebuild decided on price rather than quality. Much of the world-renowned building, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, was extensively damaged

Architecture practice BDP has picked up the top prize in the Higher Education and Campus category for its University of Strathclyde Learning and Teaching Project in this year’s AJ Retrofit Awards.   The awards celebrate the design expertise behind the vital renewal and repurposi

Planners have given the green light for a second phase of flats and houses on a triangle of railway land at Kelvindale. A total of 43 new homes for private sale, including 32 apartments and 17 terraced homes, will be built at Dalsholm Road, near Kelvindale train station.

Scotland Excel has scooped the award for 'Best Procurement Delivery' at the recent Scottish GO awards for its New Build Residential Framework. The organisation's PPE team was also recognised, receiving highly commended in the ‘Team of the Year’ category.

Glasgow-headquartered Spectrum Properties is set to expand an existing business park on a brownfield site in south east Glasgow with a range of different sized industrial and commercial units on a 1.8-acre site in Broad Street. Since 1861, the site has had various incarnations including use as a cot

MacRoberts has strengthened its real estate practice with the promotion of two new partners. Nicole Cook is an experienced property lawyer specialising predominantly in transactional matters. Her work includes the acquisition and disposal of investment properties, vacant properties and land for deve

The first of three new bridges to be built in the Netherlands using flax has been completed. Flax is a material that has been with us for thousands of years in the form of clothing, sacks, and ropes for ships. Nowadays, this old material has been ‘rediscovered’, and could become the buil

Two new local apprenticeships have been created as part of Kingdom Housing Association’s Gas Servicing and Maintenance contracts. Saltire Facilities Management (SFM) and Gas Call Services both committed to recruiting an apprentice and enrolling them in a local college as part of the tender pro