Cala Homes (North) visited Banchory Primary School to talk to children about the homebuilding industry and educate them about the dangers of playing in and around construction sites. Primary seven classes enjoyed the interactive ‘Stay Safe, Stay Away’ session, which covered the history o
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A sheriff has ordered a joiner hired to fit a kitchen in East Kilbride to pay just over £20,000 to the homeowner after determining that he had failed to meet the implied standard of work by not building plumb and square plasterboard walls and dismissed a claim for the remaining balance due.
The Construction Leadership Forum (CLF) has moved to tackle Scotland’s critical recruitment, training, and retention challenge with the launch of its Construction Workforce Mission. The Forum's Construction Accord Transformation Board said that ensuring the current workforce and new entrants d
Work to ensure accommodation for the arts in Musselburgh and explore opportunities to finance a replacement of the Brunton Hall is progressing.
JPMorgan Chase has opened its new 60-storey, $3 billion (c. £2.25bn) global headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, a building designed to be a powerful recruitment tool and a model for the company's future offices. The all-electric tower, located at 270 Park Avenue, will accommodate 10,000 employe
A bankrupt builder who persuaded a customer to pay him more than £30,000 for home improvements he never completed has been sentenced. Wayne Miller deliberately concealed his status as a bankrupt from his victim and abandoned the building project in Canterbury when it was nowhere near finished.
A new film revealing plans for the National Centre for Music in Edinburgh has been released.
For this month's CIOB Column, senior policy & public affairs officer – Scotland, Jocelyne Fleming, looks ahead to this week's Building Connections event. In many of my previous columns, I have emphasised that collaboration is not optional, but essential, if Scotland’s constructi
McTaggart Construction has successfully completed and handed over 11 residential properties at Lampson Road in Killearn to Rural Stirling Housing Association (RSHA).
South Ayrshire Council's plans to upgrade and extend Troon Leisure Club are underway.
Clackmannanshire Council’s restoration of a historic landmark has won an award. The restoration of the historic Clackmannan Tolbooth picked up the Conservation Award at Friday’s Stirling Society of Architects awards ceremony.
Principal contractor Procast Group has officially launched Procast Consulting, a new division created following the recent acquisition of Glasgow-based JC+P Property and Construction Consultants in December 2024. The new consultancy arm, which builds on the 20-year legacy of JC+P (formerly James Cla
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has released a first-of-its-kind surveying skills report, which measures the state of skills in the global surveying profession.
Works are set to begin next month on a key Paisley route as part of a £59 million investment in new transport connections to the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland (AMIDS), adding to a new £85.5m state-of-the-art secondary school and enhanced active travel links in the
Restoration work on the Sir Hector MacDonald Memorial Tower in Dingwall will commence next week as part of an investment project managed by The Highland Council and in collaboration with the Dingwall Community Development Company.


