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The Low Carbon Teaching Building at South Lanarkshire College Two developments in Scotland have joined some of the finest examples of sustainable buildings from across the world in being shortlisted for 2016 BREEAM Awards.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: NHS Lothian

A Perth based building and civil engineering contractor has gained recognition for its recruitment and retention of young people. AGB Small Contracts Limited achieved the Investors in Young People Accreditation, which represents a commitment to the training and development of young people and demons

A doctor from Bangladesh has scooped top prize in the Art of Building digital photography competition, run by the Chartered Institute of Building since 2010. Daredevil by Ata Adnan received 29 per cent of the thousands of votes cast by the public to choose this year’s winner.

A British designer has developed a concept that will allow people to download plans to print and build their own bespoke earth-friendly house over a few days. The inventor say the plans, named WikiHouse, will herald a digital building revolution, letting anyone design a high-performance, low-cost an

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Seymour Holdings Ltd

Gavin Hay Gavin Hay, training manager at City Building and chair of the Scottish Building Apprenticeship Council, says Scottish Apprenticeship Week (29 February – 4 March) is a timely reminder for us to look more closely at the important role young people play in securing the future of our industr

The number of building apprentices registered in Scotland rose by 8 per cent to 1,683 last year, according to new figures by the Scottish Building Apprenticeship and Training Council (SBATC). Released to coinciding with the start of Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2016, the 2015 registration figure is

The cost of building the new Queensferry Crossing has fallen by £1 billion and the bridge is on target to open to traffic by the end of the year, MSPs have been told. In 2009, the new crossing had been expected to cost up to £2.34bn, however, the overall figure was later revised to be around £1.3

Scottish Water is building for the future of the water industry in Scotland and looking to recruit another 40 apprentices in 2016. The company currently employs 96 apprentices at the moment covering a multitude of diverse job roles from civil engineering, electrical and mechanical engineering, finan

Vaughan Hart The Scottish Building Federation has welcomed figures which show that employment in the Scottish construction industry rose by 13,000 last year to hit a new two-year high of 187,000 at the end of 2015.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Thrums Haulage Ltd Grant Smith

The administrators of collapsed Dundee building company Muirfield Contracts have been given another year to continue their work. Campbell Dallas said it has been granted more time “to realise the company’s assets and agree the creditors’ claims”.

Link Park Fusion Assets is to begin construction of a 20,000 sqft speculative industrial building at Link Park, Newhouse in North Lanarkshire following an award of £1 million from the Scottish Government’s Regeneration Capital Grant Fund.

Vaughan Hart Almost one in three Scottish building employers think leaving the EU would have a negative impact on their business compared to 8 per cent who think the impact would be positive.