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Matthew Goff Over the next 10 years, the UK’s construction industry could see a 25 per cent decline in available workforce. That represents uncharted territory, according to a report by Cast Consultancy’s CEO and founder, Mark Farmer. Commissioned by the Construction Leadership Council, the repo

Ground Developments Ltd (GDL) has started a 10-month project of enabling and re-profiling works for the new £333 million Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) as a key subcontractor for Robertson Construction. A significant fleet of modern earthmoving plant machinery has been deploy

BAM celebrates the Kitemark achievement Six contractors have become the first organisations in the world to achieve a new Kitemark for BIM (Building Information Modelling) launched yesterday by the business standards company BSI.

Ground Developments Ltd (GDL) has secured three new contracts to deliver soil modification and earthworks packages that will facilitate new-build housing for three major housebuilders to construct their new homes across Scotland. The firm has pioneered the use of soil modification techniques for use

An Australian businessman returned to his home in Sydney to find his property had been demolished because builders targeted the wrong address, the BBC has reported. Steve Ballas said he received a call at work from a friend who told him: "They're demolishing your house."

The Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary The private finance schemes used to fund Scotland’s roads, schools and hospitals are to be investigated by Audit Scotland and the Accounts Commission to evaluate whether projects offer public value for money.

BAM Construction has handed over Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries to hub East Central Scotland and Fife Council. Located on Abbot Street within the town’s heritage quarter, the new museum joins two existing B-listed buildings, the existing Carnegie library and a former bank branch, and h

Housing association Your Housing Group is teaming up with a Chinese-state owned company to build 25,000 pre-fabricated homes over the next five years. The £2.5 billion joint venture, which also includes renewable energy specialist Welink, will see China National Building Material Company (CNBM) bui

Amended plans are to be submitted for Dundee’s £21 million Regional Performance Centre for Sport after Dundee Football Club announced it was to withdraw its interest in the planned scheme. The new centre was to have provided training facilities for the club as well as being a training and competi

Richard Threlfall Richard Threlfall from KPMG forecasts that 2017 will be a year of feast and famine for the UK construction industry.

The City of Edinburgh Council’s new Local Development Plan provides a clear framework to manage the capital's growth, says Councillor Ian Perry. Edinburgh is a hugely successful city which is expected to grow by about 10 per cent in the next decade.

A man in Germany has started the New Year with quite a shock - after finding himself bricked in to his own home. The home owner in Mainhausen, Hesse, opened his front door on Monday to find someone had quietly built a brick wall in front of it during the night, police confirmed.

Alan Brown MP Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP Alan Brown has won praise from small construction firms in Scotland and south of the Border for his stance on the issue of cash retentions in the industry.

National engineering specialist SES Engineering Services has secured a £5 million mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) contract on Edinburgh University’s £25m project to establish a world-leading Data Technology Institute. Working alongside main contractor McLaughlin and Harvey, SES will pr

A Chinese woman desperate to guard her property waved her soiled sanitary pad at the demolition team to stop them from bulldozing her home by force, the Daily Mail has reported. Her self-defence tactic apparently worked as the uniformed construction workers retreated from her house, as a social medi