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West Dunbartonshire Council is set to remove external window panels on 11 high-rise blocks in Clydebank as the post-Grenfell review of Scotland’s buildings continues to raise questions over the use of cladding in use across the country. The council commissioned an external expert to conduct compre

Interserve has confirmed it is in talks with its lenders amid growing fears about the firm’s finances. Last month the group saw its shares halve when it issued a fresh profit warning and announced that the cost of quitting its troubled Energy from Waste (EfW) contracts will “significantly exceed

A mechanical and electrical (M&E) firm has doubled its presence in Dundee by recruiting some of the workers made redundant by the collapse of Scottish Electric Group. Richard Irvin Energy Solutions (RIES), which specialises in M&E engineering and technical facilities management (TFM), opened

Investment in onshore wind projects could benefit Scotland’s island economies by up to £725 million over the next 25 years, civils contractors have said. The UK government announced last week that it intends to allow wind projects on the remote islands of Scotland to compete in the next competiti

The apprentices with Kilmarnock FC footballer Dean Hawkshaw The latest recruits to James Frew Ltd have been welcomed to the business with the help of Kilmarnock FC.

The world's first floating wind farm was formally opened by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today. Situated about 15 miles from Peterhead, Statoil's Hywind project has seen five giant turbines installed using a floating approach which allows turbines to be installed in much deeper waters than convent

A tenement building in Glasgow partially collapsed overnight as Storm Ophelia battered the UK and Ireland yesterday. Firefighters were called to the unoccupied Albert Road tenement in Crosshill at about 4 am on Tuesday morning after reports of debris falling into the street. Brickwork and windows on

British builders rack up 130 hours per year making tea and other hot drinks with 82% of workers arguing that regular ‘tea breaks’ aids productivity, new research has discovered. A survey of UK workers in the construction industry carried out by household appliances retailer AppliancesDirect.co.u

Linkwood View, the new specialist facility in Elgin built by Springfield Properties, has been awarded Social Housing Development of the Year by Premier Guarantee. In partnership with Hanover Housing Association, Springfield built the 30 apartment specialist care facility, specifically for the elderl

Nicola Barclay The Scottish Government’s “political focus” on affordable and social housing is exacerbating Scotland’s housing crisis and fails to grasp the commercial realities of development, according to Scotland’s house builders.

Homes for Scotland’s view that a focus on affordable and social housing is exacerbating Scotland’s housing crisis and fails to grasp the commercial realities of development is “out of touch with reality” and must be “rejected outright” by the Scottish Government, according to a think-tan

A glazing and flooring firm in South Lanarkshire has closed with the loss of 40 jobs. STV reports that Westcrowns Contracting Services entered administration on October 20 amid "severe cash flow difficulties" and the business ceased to trade with immediate effect.

Andrew Davies Wates Group chief executive Andrew Davies has been announced as the new boss at Carillion.

Architecture firm Sheppard Robson has received planning permission from the City of Edinburgh Council for a £19 million engineering, computer science and maths building at Heriot-Watt University. Located at the Riccarton Campus on the outskirts of West Edinburgh, the 5,200 m2 teaching and learning

Morrison Construction and East Ayrshire College with their award Two construction projects have been honoured at the GO Awards Scotland for excellence in public procurement.