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CALA Homes (West) has partnered with The Prince’s Trust and City of Glasgow College to deliver an initiative that aims to provide disadvantaged unemployed young people an opportunity to develop new skills and get hands-on experience. Twelve local people have successfully taken their first steps in

(from left) Iain Hughes from programme funder CITB; programme graduate Rian Smith from Grange Academy; and Michael McBrearty, CEO of hub South West For the second year in a row, hub South West is providing life-changing opportunities for Ayrshire school leavers to progress in the construction indust

The SEC, Glasgow will host Scotland’s largest gathering of Health & Safety, Facilities Management, Fire Safety, Logistics, Cleaning and Maintenance professionals at Scotland Works, a two day event designed to support Scotland’s industrial, commercial and public sectors in running safe and ef

Construction of the biggest waste water tunnel ever to be built in Scotland has reached the half-way stage. Scottish Water’s flagship Shieldhall Tunnel project, in the south of Glasgow, passed the milestone yesterday when the state-of-the-art tunnel boring machine (TBM) building it reached a point

The site at Stronelairg A Moray engineering and construction company has secured its biggest contract ever with a multi-million pound windfarm deal.

Trade associations from the UK’s construction sector have put housebuilding, training and procurement reform at the forefront of their wish lists ahead of next month’s general election. Publishing their respective election manifestos the lobby groups have detailed what commitments they would lik

A community group in Edinburgh is set to become the first organisation in an urban area to benefit from community right to buy powers. Scottish Ministers have given consent to Action Porty to proceed with the community right to buy of the former Portobello Old Parish Church and halls with a view to

A Fife-based construction company has been fined after a worker had to be dug out of a trench that collapsed onto him six years ago. Dundee Sheriff Court heard the 43-year-old employee of Wallace Roofing and Building Limited suffered a broken shoulder and collarbone as well as punctures to both of h

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has today issued PwC with a £5 million fine, its largest fine to date, for misconduct relating to its audit of Connaught plc, a FTSE 250 social housing company which went into administration in 2010. The UK’s independent regulator for accountants and actuarie

The Haymarket Building, part of the major commercial and retail scheme forming part of the £320m St James’ Market development in Central London, and awarded to Balfour Beatty in 2013, was constructed using sustainable procurement methods resulting in 26% reduction in on and offsite waste generati

A group of construction workers in South Africa have been praised after they defended an Edenvale resident against would-be hijackers in a bricks-against-bullets stand-off. The Times Media reports that the 28 workers of CT Building Contractors were on the second floor of a house under construction w

Scotland's most senior judge has reversed a decision to reject plans for the construction of four offshore wind farms following an appeal by Scottish Ministers. The Lord President, Lord Carloway, sitting in the Inner House of the Court of Session, ruled that his colleague Lord Stewart was wrong to a

A developer could be set to lose millions of pounds after after it emerged that it may be forced to tear down an entire housing development because it far bigger than what it had permission for. UKS Group were given permission to build 13 three-bedroom houses and one two-bedroom house.

Nine students from Glasgow Caledonian University’s School of Engineering and the Built Environment will be completing a six month work placement at Clark Contracts.

true Student, which is employing a modular building system to erect its 589 bed student accommodation complex in Glasgow's West End, has said that bookings for its September 2017 intake have exceeded expectations for this stage in the season.