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Rearo managing director Graham Mercer explores the current skills gap in Scottish construction and the need for a co-ordinated approach to developing homegrown skills. As labour-intensive sectors, UK construction and manufacturing depend more than most on the constant and reliable replenishment

Housebuilder Bellway is to close two of its divisions and reduce activity in a third after interest rates and borrowing costs led to a drop in reservations and completions and an increase in cancellations.

The demolition of Irvine’s high flats is nearing its conclusion with preparations well advanced to bring down the last remaining tower block, Afton Court.

The organisers of the upcoming Green Home Festival are urging religious and community groups to attend their upcoming show and discover how Scotland’s abandoned churches can be transformed into energy efficient social housing that benefits whole communities.

Ian Halliday has lived in Drumchapel his whole life and has seen major changes in the area over the decades – but none more so than the transformation of his home in recent months. Speaking as work concludes on a £1.7 million whole house retrofit of properties at Linkwood Avenue, Mr Hall

Fife Council has approved plans for 39 new affordable houses in Glenrothes and Gauldry.

The Northern Ireland Executive has launched a new £33 million fund for the remediation or mitigation of the life safety fire risks linked to external wall systems in residential buildings.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: The BenRiach Distillery Company Ltd

All eyes are on the new Kobelco SK130 which proudly showcases the vibrant colours of the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity’s recently launched Make It Visible campaign, thanks to Blackwood Plant Hire and Molson Young.

Network Rail has submitted a planning application to Fife Council to build a bridge over the new railway between Kirkland and Mountfleurie.

Argyll and Bute councillors have approved proposals to support a range of town centre investment projects with funding from the Scottish Government's place-based investment (PBI) programme.

Extensive work at Stranraer Museum has been successfully carried out over recent months as part of strategic investment in the town’s conservation area. The scope of work in progress extends from the weathervane on top of the clocktower spire right down to the drainage system below the buildin

Plans for a new McDonald's drive-through restaurant in East Kilbride have been lodged with South Lanarkshire Council. The fast food restaurant is proposed for a brownfield site at the corner of the Morrisons car park on Lindsayfield Road, STV reports.

Edinburgh locals have been left baffled by a newly-painted stretch of double yellow lines measuring just 30 centimetres long. The road markings mean vehicles cannot park in the tiny area on Melville Street between designated parking spots and a new cycle path, Edinburgh Live reports.

Edinburgh councillors have approved plans to demolish a former pub in Eyre Place to make way for new homes. Eyre Place Properties, working with Mclaren Murdoch & Hamilton as architect, applied to demolish Smithies Ale House and replace it with a block of nine maisonettes and two flats along