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The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity and Building Mental Health have joined forces with Safer Highways and announced today the first major benchmarking exercise to understand where our industry lies in its Road to Wellbeing. As construction gets back to work and faces the challenges of tryin

In the first in a series of blogs about how planning can respond to new and old challenges, planning minister Kevin Stewart offers some thoughts about recent events and what the future might bring for our places and people. The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has made many of us ref

Inverness man Lewis MacKinnon was attending his daughter 10th birthday party when he discovered there was a double cause for celebration. Lewis MacKinnon (left) with his NHBC award, handed over by Billy McKay, Tulloch Homes construction director

Emergency repairs and maintenance contractor Home Fix Scotland (HFS) has moved swiftly to assist Cloch Housing Association after its own contractor unexpectedly announced it was no longer able to provide an emergency repairs service.

A radical new way of thinking about soil has finally solved the mystery of why adding organic material like manure improves flood and drought resilience, climate control and crop yields - universal ‘ecosystem services’ that are widely recognised as worth billions to the global economy.

Social distancing has turned our lives upside down and at short notice businesses adapted to remote working, moving office life into the home. Some are beginning to speculate that this could spell the end of offices, but many people are still hopeful of a return to normality. Home working has benefi

A new Holyrood bill which aims to make it easier to hold large companies and their senior managers liable for workplace fatalities represents a ‘substantial broadening’ of culpability, a leading Scots lawyer has said. Legal director at Addleshaw Goddard, Tony McGlennan believes that the

Following 12 weeks of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Marshall Construction has now commenced work on the delivery of 54 new affordable homes in Alloa. Elm Grove will provide social and mid-market rented properties for Kingdom and Ochil View housing associations.

The Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has welcomed a new member to its ranks and also set up a specialist sub-group to gather and share expertise from consultants across Scotland. Trade association DHF has become the latest organisation to become a full-time member, while the crea

The Technology Enabled Maintenance Association (TEMA) is partnering with the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) to help accelerate the adoption of emerging technologies by the building maintenance sector.  TEMA will work closely with BESA’s specialist Service & Facilitie

Morgan Sindall Construction has obtained a place on all three lots of University of Glasgow’s new £250 million capital projects framework.

The JR Group was founded in 1995 and employs around 170 staff. It started as a scaffolding business and is now one of the largest building and construction firms in Scotland. The business operates throughout Scotland and Northern England, working on behalf of a number of the UK’s leading house

The threshold at which Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) is paid will be raised from £145,000 to £250,000 as the Scottish Government steps up efforts to support homebuyers and help the economy recover from the impact of coronavirus.

The Trump Organisation is planning a major expansion of its flagship Turnberry resort in Ayrshire, according to reports.

Guy Marsden discusses the future of offices, sustainability features that we need to think of, the indoor and outdoor environment and why COVID is likely to accelerate its rebirth. With so many people making the transition to working from home, there is a school of thought that the coronavirus pande