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Critical electrical work in the turbine room at Glen Finglas dam near Stirling in Scotland has ensured the continued safe operation and maintenance of Scottish Water’s hydroelectric dam.

Montagu Evans has appointed Catharine Kidd as a partner in its Historic Environment and Townscape (HEaT) team, based at the partnership’s Edinburgh office. Catharine joins from Turley, where she spent eight years as director of heritage and townscape, leading the successful development of its

A new report by the Scottish Government’s Housing Investment Taskforce has laid out an ambitious roadmap to boost confidence and unlock greater investment across Scotland’s housing sector.

Scotland has a clear opportunity to lead the way in decarbonising its economy and improving the lives of its people if it moves swiftly and decisively towards electric technologies, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC), whose latest advice outlines new carbon budgets for Scotland through

A trio of firms planning some of Scotland’s largest offshore wind farms has warned that the industry is in “significant and immediate risk” due to punishing grid costs.

A corporate plan that sets out how the Scottish Futures Trust will drive best practice in infrastructure strategy, investment, delivery and management until 2030 has been published today. Over the next five years, the Scottish Government's infrastructure body said it will work with its public and pr

More than 20 organisations are formally joining forces to protect Scotland’s critical infrastructure from weather and climate-related impacts.

An office fit-out project by Morris & Spottiswood that incorporates modular construction and circular economy approaches has delivered embodied carbon savings equivalent to driving 45,255km, enough to circumnavigate the globe, in a large diesel car.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has released its year-end figures for its Employer Networks initiative. It was the second full year of operation for the initiative, and figures show the Networks supported 50,966 learners in the financial year (FY) 2024-25, an increase from 11,468 the

A social housing provider in England has been fined £140,000 following a prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Stonewater Limited employed two men as estate assistants who worked at various sites near Tanyard Farm in Coventry.

Campion Homes has marked the final handover of its affordable housing development at Kinross Road in Leslie.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has called for increased investment in Scotland’s affordable homes programme and voiced "serious concerns" over social security cuts following the Spring Statement. 

British renewable energy projects will be connected quicker thanks to new Ofgem rules granting early access to almost £4 billion of investment for crucial transmission equipment and services. The regulator said its new Advanced Procurement Mechanism (APM) will unblock supply chains by allowing

The Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF) has joined forces with MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme) to make renewable technology a core focus of the Scottish Plumbing Apprentice of the Year (SPAY) competition.

An increase in the number of affordable housing approvals and site starts has masked an otherwise disappointing quarterly update of the Housing Statistics for Scotland for the year to end of December 2024.