An innovative and strong partnership approach to delivering the first Modern Apprenticeship (MA) in Building Standards is helping to address a major skills shortage in Building Standards across Scotland. ESP has worked with Local Authority Building Standards Scotland (LABSS), Scottish Government, UH
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The former Arnotts building on Union Street in Inverness has been transformed into high-quality flats across four storeys, which will help to address the demand for rental properties in the city.
A significant milestone has been achieved as planning officials have approved Wasps’ application to transform the A-listed Clydeside Halls in Glasgow into a new market and event space. The new development designed by Collective Architecture seeks to transform the rear halls, corner block and g
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a market study into housebuilding and will start a separate consumer protection project related to rented accommodation, amid widespread concerns about housing availability and costs.
To mark International Women’s Day today, UK construction firm Thomas & Adamson is calling for education providers to introduce construction into the curriculum as early as primary school - in a whole new approach to addressing sector gender equality. With just 14% of UK construction jobs h
Nicola Sturgeon has officially opened City Building’s new state-of-the-art training college.
Scottish Water has completed an operation to replace a battered 130-year-old bridge at Milngavie Reservoirs in East Dunbartonshire as part of a massive facelift for the popular beauty spot. The complex operation was vital to upgrade key infrastructure at the reservoirs, which supply drinking water t
Scottish youth homelessness charity Rock Trust has partnered with Almond Housing Association to turn an out-of-use care home in West Lothian into affordable housing for young people in the community at risk of and affected by homelessness.
UK and Ireland specialist paving and building products company AG has welcomed three new recruits to its growing workforce including a new head of sales for Scotland. James Jack brings with him over 25 years’ experience in the construction industry, working across both the manufacturing a
The renaissance of Leith Walk in Edinburgh is set to continue with the official launch of Drum Property Group’s ‘Red Sandstone’ building - now home to a range of new shops, cafes and businesses. City of Edinburgh Council leader, Cammy Day, formally opened the distinctive two-storey
As the doors and sash windows close on the 11th Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival, organisers at the Edinburgh Traditional Building Forum hailed it a great success.
One year on from the new £40.9 million Boclair Academy opening its doors to pupils, all external building and landscaping works have been completed.
Scotland is leading the field in building materials sales in Q2 with volume of sales driving growth rather than price inflation. The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) quarterly Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) listed Scotland as the top performing region, with growth of 16.1%.
West Lothian Council is advising tenants to be aware of service disruption as a result of industrial action taking place on certain days during October. Tenants are advised that only emergency housing repairs will be carried out by the building services housing repairs department on the following da
Work is now underway on the new building at Troon station.


