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Sandra Cassels, partner in the commercial litigation team at Morton Fraser, continues our four-part Construction Delay Series, which takes a closer look at legal issues surrounding construction delays. If your contract makes provision for an extension of time it should also set out the procedur

Shares in Persimmon fell more than 3% in early trading today after the housebuilder said it expected build costs to rise 5% this year and was being “frustrated” by continuing planning delays.

Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Jane Smith and Nicola Wright as part of the real estate services firm’s expansion plans in Scotland. Senior surveyor Jane joins the company from Workman in Glasgow, after spending more than seven years working there in its commercial team. A graduate of Gl

UK construction and fit-out specialist Morris & Spottiswood has been recognised with a Gold Award through The 5% Club’s 2021 Employer Audit Scheme. The award recognises significant contribution to the continued development of employees through “earn & learn” schemes such as

Consulting engineer Arup will undertake whole lifecycle carbon assessments for all its buildings projects – new and retrofit – from next year and will no longer take on any new energy commissions involving the extraction, refinement, or transportation of hydrocarbon-based fuels

Construction employers are being encouraged to have their say on a review of plant short duration training standards and grant support.

BAM has become the first adopter of a sustainable supply chain initiative to make its use of pallets become circular and cut waste.

With government help, the construction industry can do a lot more to prevent tonnes of waste from going to landfill, argues Brewster Bros MD Scott Brewster. With COP26 into its second week, sustainability and net zero remain high on everyone’s agenda. However, long before the UN’s climat

Barry McNicholas, the group managing director of Kier Utilities, has decided to leave the group at the end of December 2021. Mr McNicholas joined Kier in 2017 when the group took over his family utilities contracting business McNicholas Construction.

Employees of Glasgow construction firm City Building swapped work boots for walking boots as they took on the UK’s highest mountains for Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity, raising more than £11,700 in the process.

Vital clues about Babylon's famed Tower of Babel may have been discovered by archaeologists after bitumen and mortar was found on a brick commissioned by the ancient Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II.

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre innovation manager Sarah Buchanan writes in our COP26SCN feature that retrofit activity is going to ramp up significantly over the next 10-15 years as we head towards the government’s net-zero goals, with the affordable housing sector

New self-build properties could be delivered in Blairlogie under proposals lodged with Stirling Council planners. Calley Ltd wants to create eight houses at Gogar Mains, off Gogar Road.

McGill has been awarded a contract from Paisley Housing Association to replace kitchens and bathrooms in more than 400 homes across the town. The contract, which is valued at around £1.1 million, was awarded through the i-Flair framework, which McGill was appointed to at the end of 2020.

North Lanarkshire Council's ambitious plans to regenerate its town centres continues to go from strength to strength, according to a recent report. Members of the council's Enterprise and Growth Committee approved the latest town centre initiatives, including major projects such as new housebuilding