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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.

Bernadette Hewitt Scotland’s largest social landlord has been awarded one of Europe’s most prestigious prizes for business excellence.

Catharine Kidd Planning consultancy Turley Heritage has appointed Catharine Kidd as its first director in Scotland as the UK-wide firm targets expansion north of the border.

Julie Scott-Gilroy looks at how well the construction industry's payment regime is working. Payment in the construction industry is regulated by the Construction Act 1996, as amended by the LDEDC Act 2009. One of the reasons behind the introduction of the Construction Act 1996 was to ease cashflow a

Representatives from Esh Border Construction and Heriot-Watt University met this week to celebrate the beginning of an extensive refurbishment project at the prestigious higher education establishment. Livingston-based Esh has been awarded the contract to completely transform the university’s Came

Scottish Sea Farms’ £37 million investment in a state of the art onshore hatchery is moving forward with construction now underway at its site near Oban. The hatchery, at Barcaldine, will increase capacity and deliver significant sustainability benefits to the company, supporting salmon farms on