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A new piece of research has found that those working in the construction industry take less holidays from work than those employed in other sectors. A study by holiday provider Sunshine revealed the majority of those who do not use the most of their annual leave do so because they feel “too busy�

Menno de Jonge Royal BAM Group has reaffirmed its plans to offer full services via a digital construction platform with the appointment of a director responsible for digital construction.

The UK’s construction skills crisis could severely worsen if the UK government fails to take steps to ensure access to a skilled workforce during its post-referendum negotiations, a coalition of professional bodies has warned. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Royal Institut

CMS Window Systems has played a key role in the construction of a new world-class sports and exercise facility at Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University. The building envelope specialist was appointed by main contractor Bowmer & Kirkland to manufacture and install a curtain wall exterior and doors

Outsourcing specialist Mitie has warned that profits will be “materially below” its expectations as a result of uncertainty over the UK's decision to leave the EU and other “economic pressures”. In a trading update ahead of result for the first half of the year, the firm said that recent eco

The working group behind a £3 million project to build a marina at the southern end of the Caledonian Canal in Lochaber have withdrawn their planning application for technical reasons. The group’s vision for the Thomas Telford Corpach Marina project included 80 pontoon berths at the end of the ca

Week beginning September 12, 2016

The demolition of the last remaining Red Road flats in Glasgow that left two tower blocks partially standing had failed because they were built with steel and were “too tough” to be demolished, a report has found.

Developers behind plans for a £20 million city square and creative hub to form part of Dundee’s £1 billion Waterfront development have submitted their application with the local authority. Inspired by the arrival of the V&A design museum, the £20m Design and Innovation Qu

A major new free website designed to help private flat owners carry out repairs to their shared properties has been launched by housing minister Kevin Stewart MSP at an event in Glasgow today. Written by Annie Flint and John Gilbert, the authors of the acclaimed Tenement Handbook originally publishe

Eskmills Edinburgh’s commercial property market is showing life after Brexit, with Knight Frank concluding three deals in the city for a combined £22 million.

Image: Hunter Laing & Co The green light has been given for the first malt whisky distillery to be built on Islay in over a decade.

Home builder Stewart Milne Homes was recognised at The Herald Property Awards for Scotland 2016 after collecting the coveted Development of the Year award for Devon Lane in West Lothian. Set in the village of Winchburgh within the grounds of a 150-year-old farm steading, the development features 35

Amec Foster Wheeler has won a £7 million contract to provide a new effluent treatment plant for the Dounreay nuclear site. The facility is being built for Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL), the company responsible for decommissioning the nuclear site in Caithness.

Builders’ merchant group Wolseley is to close 80 UK branches with the loss of 800 jobs as part of a £100 million restructuring, the firm announced today. Wolseley UK said the wide-ranging transformation plan, which only affects the firm’s plumbing & heating operations, is designed to delive