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Build Lanarkshire, the instructional programme which guides local construction businesses on how to win new work from both the public sector and Scotland’s Tier One building contractors, is under way once more. Run in partnership with North and South Lanarkshire Councils, the Build Lanarkshire

A Dunbar brewery company has been fined £10,000 after admitting discharging caustic effluent into a sewer which caused damage to a waste water treatment works.

A new state of the art Water Treatment Works (WTW) that was delivered by sea to a Harris beach has entered service. The news marks the completion of a £4.5 million investment by Scottish Water to provide a single, improved water supply for the island’s westernmost communities of Gobhaig,

Morgan Sindall Construction has started work on a brace of new integrated primary and early years schools for the City of Edinburgh Council with a combined value of £26 million. The local authority tendered the projects through the highest value lot (Lot 8) of its £223m Contractor Works

The City of Edinburgh Council has launched a public consultation into its plans for the first phase of housing for the development of Granton Waterfront.

Workloads and order books in Scotland's civil engineering sector have rebounded significantly during Q3 of 2020 in sharp contrast to the rest of Great Britain, according to CECA Scotland. The latest Workload Trends Survey conducted by the trade association revealed activity south of the bo

Scotland Excel has partnered with the Scottish Government, Royal Bank of Scotland and Transport Scotland to deliver a free Project Bank Accounts (PBA) webinar designed specifically for the construction industry.

A train driver who crashed through a barrier avoided a 32ft drop into water thanks to a fortuitously placed art installation.

Kingdom Housing Association’s regeneration of Fraser Avenue in Inverkeithing has been recognised at the Scottish Home Awards.

A Scotland-based engineer’s heroic efforts to help his compatriots in the aftermath of August’s explosion in Lebanon are set to be shared at an event organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers Scotland.

Activity on the Scottish construction sector has fallen for another quarter as businesses grapple with the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, workloads have fallen at a reduced rate compared to the previous quarter and expectations for the year ahead have turned positive.

Workers across the United Kingdom will benefit from increased support with a five-month extension of the furlough scheme into Spring 2021, the Chancellor announced today. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will now run until the end of March with employees receiving 80% of their current sal

An innovative way to better measure and demonstrate the value of planning and how it helps create sustainable and successful places has been published by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).

Urban Union has won two awards at this year's Scottish Home Awards for the high quality of its affordable housing and its contribution to local communities. 

Results of a consultation on retentions carried out by the Scottish Government (SG) earlier this year have been given an enthusiastic welcome by the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group Scotland.