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As the construction industry celebrates the annual Woman in Construction Week (3-9 March), Terri Tully, resource manager at Stewart Milne Group reflects on her positive experience working within the construction industry. At a time when equality and diversity are making real leaps forward, the const

Painter and decorator apprentice Lisa Gordon shares her career experience for International Women's Day. From a very young age I wanted to be a painter and decorator. Granted, it’s not the typical career aspirations of a young girl, but I was inspired by my uncle - a painter and decorator who

Acutely aware of the gender imbalance within key roles in its sector, Barratt Homes has outlined its commitment to encouraging women to join, and remain in the industry through its leadership programme, Catalyst, and family friendly working policies. Marking International Women’s Day, the hous

One of Scotland’s largest construction firms City Building (Glasgow) has launched a flexible working project available to all employees in association with Family Friendly Working Scotland (FFWS). FFWS, which is supported by the Scottish Government, work with employers to promote a flexible an

Asset management and construction consultancy Currie & Brown has been awarded new contracts in Scotland’s healthcare sector. NHS Grampian has appointed the firm to provide project management services for its major acute services (elective care) project.

Crucial road safety training is to be delivered to 120 apprentices and staff in the construction industry to help protect them from dangerous road accidents on their daily commute to work on Highland roads. ‘Safe Driving in the North’ is a health and safety focused-event in Inverness, or

The significant increase in planning costs associated with the amendments made at the latest Parliamentary stage of the Planning (Scotland) Bill threaten the very aims of the new legislation, according to planning minister Kevin Stewart. Mr Stewart was speaking as the Financial Memorandum for the Bi

Cruden Building has donated £1,000 to the David Livingstone Memorial Primary School and Nursery in Blantyre as part of their commitment to investing in the local community. The Glasgow-based firm is currently building 14 new houses and cottage flats at Morven Avenue adjacent to the school.

Plans have been lodged to build 330 homes in Whitlawburn as part of a £42 million housing-led regeneration project. CCG (Scotland) Ltd, the construction and manufacturing group appointed to build the new homes, has submitted a planning application in partnership with hub South West for 330 mix

Local authorities will now be required to provide wheelchair accessible housing across all tenures and report annually on progress, the Scottish Government has said. Holyrood bosses said newly-published guidance will help local authorities deliver this shared ambition from its Fairer Scotland f

Mental health charity Mind has teamed up with construction partners to launch a new online toolkit for the sector to promote better workplace wellbeing. The free resources include tips on how to start the conversation on mental health, mental health first aid training and five steps to building a po

Plans have been unveiled for a new village with 3,600 homes on a swathe of land surrounding Heriot-Watt University in the west of Edinburgh. Developers said the ‘Riccarton Village’ would be an “exemplar for sustainable development” hosting a community hub, primary school, hea

Kier Regional Building scooped three national accolades at this year’s Considerate Constructors Scheme annual awards for projects based in Scotland. The ceremony, which recognises the UK’s most considerate sites for the contribution they have made towards improving the image of construct

Senior representatives of Scotland’s home building industry have held face-to-face discussions with cabinet secretary for communities and local government Aileen Campbell MSP to discuss the importance of implementing an improved planning system in the midst of ongoing Brexit uncertainty. Facil

Maryhill Housing has completed a £35.5 million funding renegotiation with its existing lender Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). The announcement comes after the Association carried out a full review of its loan financing arrangements in 2018.