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This month's Chartered Institute of Building Column for SCN sees Umar Farooq share his experiences of the CIOB Tomorrow’s Leaders community. Having had a long-standing passion for the construction industry, I always wanted to find a platform which would allow me to contribute to

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators has paid tribute to chartered quantity surveyor and registered adjudicator John Nicolson, who has passed away. An established quantum expert with over 40 years' experience in construction within building, civil, structural, rail, utilities, mecha

Bold expansion moves and a proactive financial approach have paid dividends for Chap Group amidst challenging market conditions. The Aberdeenshire construction firm has revealed higher turnover and profits for the year to September 30 2023.

Scotland’s leading electrical bodies say the industry is leading the way with skills and training to help power the technology of tomorrow – and are urging others to follow in its footsteps to ensure Scotland makes a successful transition to net zero. SELECT, the Scottish Joint Industry

Scotland is at risk of missing its net zero targets unless it swiftly increases the speed of transitioning from oil and gas boilers to clean heat sources, a new report has concluded.

Construction firm Thomas & Adamson has played a vital part in creating one of the UK’s most exciting new urban regeneration projects.

Following an extensive programme of pre-construction work, Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has started construction on the first new homes at its Sibbalds Wynd development, located off Sibbalds Brae in Bathgate.

The first homes of an innovative council housing development in Kilmarnock are now under construction for East Ayrshire Council by CCG (Scotland).

Redpath Construction has successfully completed a campaign of community benefit initiatives at its North Ayrshire Council Sheltered Housing refurbishment project in Irvine.

A recent MSP reception was held at the Scottish Parliament aimed at exploring the next steps for the proposed Scottish Passivhaus equivalent legislation. Sponsored by Alex Rowley MSP, the reception on 28 February was attended by MSPs from across the political spectrum, including minister for housing

Work has officially commenced on 25 new homes in Upper Langlee in Galashiels, in what will be Waverley Housing’s first new build development.

Balfour Beatty has begun work with SSEN Transmission on the development of nine Electricity Transmission projects across the north of Scotland. The work forms part of SSEN Transmission’s ‘Pathway to 2030’ network redevelopment programme, to which Balfour Beatty was appointed in Aug

Former England international footballer Trevor Steven and Andrew Lewer MP are amongst the first set of high-profile speakers announced for UK Construction Week London, which makes a welcome return to ExCeL from May 7-9. Trevor Steven, whose distinguished playing career ran from 1980-1997 and include

South Lanarkshire College has been chosen by the Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF) as the venue for the 39th annual Scottish Plumbing Apprentice of the Year (SPAY) competition on 7 June 2024. The SPAY competition, a cornerstone of the plumbing and heating in

Yanmar CE has appointed Edinburgh-based Field and Forest as its dealer for southern Scotland. This partnership, effective since January, promises to expand Scottish customers’ access to Yanmar CE’s extensive product range and service support. Field and Forest’s territory stretches