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North Ayrshire Council has confirmed its commitment to ensuring quality construction practices with its new buildings. The council’s cabinet yesterday gave the green light to become signatories to the Scottish Construction Quality Improvement Charter (CQIC).

Work has started on a new Quantum Communications Hub Optical Ground Station (HOGS), a state-of-the-art telescope which is being built on Heriot-Watt University’s Research Park. The new facility will demonstrate and test satellite quantum secure communications, maintaining and growing the UK&rs

House prices in Scotland's island regions have outpaced those on the mainland in recent years, with a 30% increase since 2018, reaching a median of £182,000, according to a new report from Registers of Scotland. This compares to a 23% rise on the mainland, where the median now stands at £

Clark Contracts has now raised more than £20,000 for its charity partner SAMH (Scottish Action for Mental Health).

Rob Bewick, senior construction safety consultant at Thomas & Adamson, part of Egis Group, highlights some simple strategies that can prevent people from losing their lives on construction sites. The latest Health and Safety Executive (HSE) statistics on work-related fatal injuries don’t p

CHAP Group has been awarded a significant contract by Aberdeen City Council to design and construct a new affordable housing development in Kincorth.

Specialist flooring contractor Advanced Traditional Screeding (ATS) has appointed Matthew Smith as its first operations director amid rising demand. He steps up from his role as operations manager, a position he has held since joining the Fife company nearly two years ago.

A Caithness-based distiller will transform a historic grain mill into a whisky distillery having acquired the site supported by a £2 million funding package from HSBC UK. Situated at the west end of Dunnet Bay, the Castletown Mill is a large, traditional stone-built water-powered grain mill, w

The finalists for the coveted Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) in Scotland Awards 2024 were officially revealed earlier this month, meaning the country’s top construction professionals are now geared up to be recognised by fellow industry leaders. With the awards ceremony set to take pla

Fife College has this week welcomed a record intake of 350 first-year Modern Apprentices through its doors. Apprentices from engineering, construction, automotive, plumbing, gas engineering and life sciences have all started their apprentice journey across the College’s Rosyth, Dunfermline and

Principal contractor Procast Group has handed properties back to tenants following an innovative £100,000 indoor air source heat pump project.

Residents of Dundee now have another opportunity to voice their opinions and help shape the future of development in the city.

A man has spent £30,000 building his own canal in his garden - complete with a functioning lock system and a narrowboat converted into a swimming pool.

Members of the public are being given a second opportunity to offer their thoughts on updated proposals to create a new Purpose-Built Student Accommodation-led mixed-use development in Glasgow city centre.

East Lothian Council has listed for sale a former care home in North Berwick with offers of around £1.2 million invited.