Unemployed people with disabilities are being helped into work through an innovative £900,000 programme which is being piloted in Scotland by Mitie and CITB. The ‘Think Differently’ initiative is designed to encourage employers to actively recruit candidates with autism, learning disabilities p
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The Foreign Office came in for some stick on Twitter last night after tweeting about the new Queensferry Crossing... with an accompanying image of the Forth Bridge. This of course led to some ribbing from the Twitterati…..but not least as the bridge is being paid for by the Scottish Government and
The BRIT Awards have today given a first look at the 2017 Zaha Hadid-designed award, one of the final commissions of the architect’s career. Dame Zaha Hadid started work on the project three months before she died in March.
Policies employed by Laing O’Rourke over the extent of union access being permitted to its £212 million Dumfries hospital project amount to “backdoor blacklisting” and “can’t be tolerated on a public sector project”, construction union UCATT has said. The two parties are at loggerheads
The first ever comprehensive survey of Glasgow’s city centre office stock has revealed that there is less space on the market than previously thought. The report conducted by property agents Cushman & Wakefield shows that there is currently a total of 13.8 million sq ft of office space in the
Plans to invest £163 million into building almost 1,200 affordable homes in the Scottish Borders have been approved by councillors. However, it came with a warning that the construction sector would have to be worked with closely in order to see the plans delivered.
Around two thirds of social landlords in Scotland have insufficient in-house skills and capacity to deliver an expanded programme of new affordable housing beyond what they currently have planned, a new survey has revealed. According to the poll, this includes one third who say they have no or insuf
After legal challenges stretching back to over a year, St Andrews finally looks set to get a new secondary school, but not at the expected location. In a surprise announcement at yesterday’s meeting of Fife Council, council leader David Ross revealed that a deal with St Andrews University was
The Stornoway Port Authority (SPA) has unveiled a £66 million draft masterplan outlining a 20-year vision for the development of Stornoway Harbour. The draft masterplan includes a proposal to create a £50m deepwater engineering base at Arnish, as well as the redevelopment of the Goat Island boatya
Construction activity hit a nine-month high in November but average cost burdens rose sharply, with the rate of inflation the steepest since April 2011. The Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI ticked-up to 52.8 in November from 52.6 in October.
Scotland is ideally placed to become a global leader in the generation of electricity from renewable sources, according to new research from Savills. Savills Energy and Savills Research have combined to produce innovative analysis charting the growth and performance of the onshore wind sector in Abe
Paisley-based Citygate Construction (CGC) is on track to surpass £14 million in turnover in 2016 following a significant expansion into England. The construction firm said the record turnover figure had been boosted by winning a large number of contracts south of the border, with more in the pipeli
Proposals to kick-start the regeneration of an historic part of Ayr town centre are now moving forward after plans were approved to develop new office accommodation at the Riverside Block. Ayr Renaissance recently submitted a masterplan for a mixed development between High Street and the River Ayr w
A £16 million project to build two new Dundee schools and community facilities could come a step closer next week should councillors approve a tender from Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd. The new build development in the Coldside area of the city will replace Our Lady’s RC and Rosebank primary sc
Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has secured detailed planning consent from South Lanarkshire Council for 486 new homes in East Kilbride. The 61 acre site on land off Shields Road at Benthall Farm is allocated for housing in the South Lanarkshire Local Development Plan, and will allow Taylor Wimpey West

