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After nearly a year of practical support and proactive guidance for Scotland’s building sector, the Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) continues to attract new members, this week welcoming another three major organisations to its ranks.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging the construction industry to get involved in important new research to develop a broader picture of the benefits and challenges of the Principal Designer (PD) role under CDM 2015 by completing an online survey. HSE has appointed independent constructio

The Clyde Waterfront and Renfrew Riverside construction project can support up to 700 jobs and is ready to start by Spring, according to a report which sets out the Final Business Case to be considered by Renfrewshire councillors next week.

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Work has started on the first new homes to be built at the development in East Lothian with more good news to come later this year, according to developer Hargreaves Land. Blindwells, which is located less than 10 miles east of Edinburgh, has outline planning permission for 1,600 homes. Hargrea

Growing awareness of environmental issues will encourage builders and developers to make new homes ever greener in the coming years and decades. Queensberry Properties’ sales and marketing director, Hazel Davies, identifies four main areas by which tomorrow’s homes will reduce their envi

Permission is being sought to demolish a disused Glasgow City Council building in Cranhill and build affordable flats.

Residents across North Ayrshire can see for themselves how the local authority is at the cutting edge of developing homes for the future.

Property partnership Alex Brewster and Sons has been fined £4,000 after an employee fell through a roof light. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard how on 19 April 2016, two employees were removing roofing panels from a derelict shed in Midlothian. One of the workers stepped on to a roof light, which

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has said it broadly welcomes the direction of travel the Scottish Government has taken with its new National Planning Framework (NPF4) but it must be "deliverable, connected and influential".

A marine energy company has unveiled a ground-breaking project to produce Scotch whisky distilled by tidal power in the Sound of Islay.

A new £16.5 million Passivhaus-standard primary school is to be built on the grounds of North Muirton Primary School in Perth, under newly filed plans submitted to the local authority. Designed by Architype, the two-storey North Perth Primary School at Uist Place will replace ageing schoo

Following SCAPE's report in December which revealed that residents are reporting they don't see community improvements from construction work, Sarah Stone reveals what construction firms can do to not just improve the way they create social value, but do so in a way that also builds economic va

Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, has announced the latest advancement of its cooperation with construction machinery manufacturer Liebherr by delivering the first Liebherr crawler excavator with factory-fitted machine control technology in the UK to optimise productivity and provide customer

Property and investment firm Colliers said there is an urgent requirement for the speculative development of industrial and logistics space in Scotland to meet strong occupational demand. New analysis from the firm suggests there is demand for industrial space from companies across a range of s