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The Robertson team at the National Site Awards Robertson Group has won a hat-trick of awards at a leading industry ceremony.

Modern airtight homes can expose inhabitants to harmful levels of pollutants unless they are properly ventilated, experts have found. Specialists at the Mackintosh Environmental Research Unit (MEARU) at the Glasgow School of Art found that modern homes can causes a build-up of harmful chemicals and

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has dismissed concerns about the impending EU referendum as it reported a higher order book for the first four months of the year. In an upbeat trading statement issued this morning, the company said it was well-equipped to react to any potential changes in the market due

One of Scotland’s largest construction industry sub-contractors is returning home to Clydeside after 50 years away. After seeing pre-tax profits rise 26 per cent last year and turnover hit £37 million, Veitchi Group is continuing to grow with a new head office on the banks of the Clyde.

Workers on the Queensferry Crossing fell silent when returning for duty yesterday to honour the colleague killed in an accident last week. John Cousins, 60, died after an incident at the site just after noon on Thursday.

Over 250 workers who say they were blacklisted by construction companies are set to share more than £10 million in compensation following a long-running legal battle. Unite, the country's biggest union, said is understood to have secured a further £4m for 97 of the 256 claimants, whose original co

Barratt Homes West Scotland has appointed the first female director to its board in more than 20 years. Estelle Sykes has been appointed sales director for West Scotland, bringing with her over 22 years’ property experience from when she began her career at the same company.

Speirs Gumley's new office Property management firm Speirs Gumley is to expand its operations with the opening of an office in Edinburgh at the end of the month.

A construction worker has apologised to Beyonce after joking he wanted to make her stage collapse, according to The Mirror. The employee - known simply as Austin - is thought to be one of the team working on the singer's Formation Tour.

Troubled Dundee contractor Jaydee Heating has been liquidated, administrators have confirmed. The firm, which carried out industrial and commercial heating, electrical and plumbing work, went into administration in November after prolonged trading difficulties.

Plans for an anaerobic digester plant with the capacity to produce enough energy for 3,000 homes have been given the green light by Angus Council. The Courier has reported that the Hatton Farm project by Clova Renewables will stretch over almost two hectares to the south of the A92 Dundee to Arbroat

Peter McGettrick Capita Property has promoted Peter McGettrick to divisional director of Capita Property and Infrastructure in Scotland and the north to help its expansion.

Subcontractors, material suppliers and construction industry consultants from the East of Scotland are being invited to a free Meet the Buyer event run by Constructionline on 19th May to find out about upcoming work in the area. The event, to be held at Macdonald Houstoun House Hotel in Livingston,

A survey has revealed very real concerns about the prevalence of mental health problems amongst construction workers, while another has urged the industry to increase its performance in managing workplace related stress. The results of a survey of its members by UCATT, which was published at the uni

Ogilvie Construction has broken ground on a £33 million project to build a student residence in Yorkhill, Glasgow, for developers Land Synergy. Built on the site of former warehousing at Kelvinhaugh Street, the project will create a 607 bedroom building consisting of three separate blocks of betwee