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Glasgow-based construction firm City Building has opened applications for the 2023 intake of its award-winning apprenticeship programme. City Building is one of Scotland’s largest employers of apprentices, with over 250 currently supported within the firm. In 2022, the firm achieved the Invest

Apprentices at Glasgow-based construction firm City Building spearheaded a partnership of local organisations to complete the refurbishment of Growchapel Community Allotment Garden. With the support of volunteers from ENABLE Scotland, The Fortune Works and Growchapel plot holders, the team have brea

The Scottish Building Federation is to host its annual conference, 'Building Scotland’s Future' tomorrow at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow. The event will bring together industry experts and leaders to discuss some of the key issues facing the construction industry today. Attendees will ha

Castle Building Services has appointed Neil Hutchinson as operations manager, Mark Jenkins as mechanical project engineer and Richard Learmouth as senior quantity surveyor. Both Mark Jenkins and Richard Learmouth will be based at the company’s headquarters in South Tyneside with Neil Hutchinso

Glasgow-based construction firm City Building has created a near £3,000 fund, allowing school pupils completing SVQ programmes at the firm's Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries (RSBi) factory to receive hot breakfast rolls amid the cost-of-living crisis.

Cruden Building has successfully completed two new housing developments in Prestonpans in East Lothian on behalf of Lar Housing Trust. The £3.2 million Northfields development, located near the railway station and local amenities in Prestonpans, has transformed a former derelict factory site i

Commercial building, project and sustainability consultancy Jones Hargreaves has opened a sixth office, which will be its first base in Scotland. Sammi Johnstone, senior associate at Jones Hargreaves, has relocated from the firm’s Cardiff office to lead the new Glasgow location. Johnstone has

Building tender prices in Scotland rose by 1% in 3Q 2023 compared with 2Q 2023, and 5% in the year from 3Q 2022, according to findings of the newly formed BCIS Scottish Tender Price Assessment Panel (TPAP). Set up by the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) in response to requests from subs

The National Federation of Builders (NFB) and the Scottish Building Federation (SBF) have signed an accord which will see much closer working between the two organisations, for the benefit of building contractors and house builders in England, Scotland, and Wales. The NFB and the SBF, widely perceiv

As Scotland continues to grapple with housing supply challenges, much of the conversation has rightly focused on increasing the number of homes being delivered. While that is clearly essential, it is only part of the solution, writes Lynsey Jackson. With sustained pressure on housing supply, there i

Specialist contractor Burnfield Demolition has been tasked with removing the remains of the fire-ravaged building in Glasgow city centre, following the severe blaze that erupted last Sunday evening.  The B-listed Victorian structure, situated prominently at the junction of Union Street and Gord

The new Amorist Hotel in Dunfermline High Street was officially launched last week with a champagne reception and ribbon cutting by Provost of Fife, Jim Leishman, together with local MSP, Shirley Anne Somerville.

A long‑vacant former department store on Aberdeen’s Union Street is poised for a major residential-led transformation, with developers bringing forward proposals to convert the upper floors into new homes. The historic Esslemont and MacIntosh building has lain empty since the retailer closed

The demolition of a building damaged by fire at 41 Scott Street in Perth city centre has been completed. One person died when the devastating fire took hold in the early hours of Saturday, 14 June.

Seven City Building employees have become the company’s newest graduates of a management degree developed with Glasgow Caledonian University to support the next generation of leaders.