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A self-catering holiday park in Fife has been granted permission to build a new restaurant complete with its own helipad. Catering to "discerning and well-travelled people with high standards”, the five-star Hawkswood Country Estate said it aims to create “Scotland’s fine

Fibre optic broadband cables could be fed through water pipes as part of a UK Government trial to connect hard-to-reach homes, businesses and mobile masts without digging up roads. A total of £4 million has been allocated in research funding for cutting-edge innovators to trial what the g

A visual artist who worked as a carpenter for 25 years is using the tools and components familiar from her daily experience of construction to help make paintings, prints, and sculptures. Rachel Yoder, who lives in a mountain valley near Nelson, British Columbia, has explored how work

School leavers and other young people are being urged to consider engineering careers with the launch of a campaign that highlights the sector's offer of a chance to tackle the climate crisis and provide better living and working conditions for their communities.

Multi-disciplinary ground engineering and construction company Akela Group has added 22 new modern apprentices to its workforce. Since its inception, the Akela Apprentice Programme has seen over 500 complete apprenticeship training. As part of this year’s programme, Akela Group is also su

A Filipino construction worker has forged a new career after teaching himself how to shape surfboards by hand. After he’d been surfing and teaching for a few years, Larry Hufalar, better known as Tikboy, started tinkering around with broken boards, teaching himself how to make repairs. So

A UK Government scheme to heat millions of homes in the UK using hydrogen boilers could increase carbon emissions and speed up global warming, according to a new academic study by Cornell University. MPs are rushing to secure a key part of the country’s net-zero carbon strategy after the findi

The Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has issued another in its series of engaging advice videos, reminding workers how to keep themselves and others safe as the COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed.

Designs for Edinburgh’s first purpose-built music and performance venue in over one hundred years have been scaled back in height to avoid a potential legal battle with developers of the nearby St James Centre. A variation to the planning application is being submitted this week which cou

The Cruden Group has recruited nine new modern apprentices in its yearly intake as it continues its commitment to developing Scotland’s future workforce against the backdrop of a widening skills gap in the sector. The new modern apprentices will become part of the 60-strong team of apprentices

Miller Homes has announced the launch of an 86-home development in Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire. With the first homes ready for completion in early 2022, Evergreen Manor will see Miller Homes venture back into Ayrshire for the first time in several years, as the housebuilder extends its reach across the

Engineering consultancy Amey Consulting has officially launched a workplace wellbeing app. The move follows a successful large-scale pilot involving 300 employees that generated nearly 1,300 in-app conversations about mental health and a 22% increase in social connectedness over the pilot perio

Scotland’s cabinet secretary for net zero and energy, Michael Matheson, has officially opened the Gordonbush Extension onshore wind farm in the Highlands.

Multi-discipline business Eco will today open its new state-of-the-art company HQ in Annan which was built by the company during the pandemic. For company founder Eddie Black, the statement building, which includes a world-class multi-million-pound processing plant also assembled by his own tea

The developers of one of the UK’s largest community regeneration projects has made two senior appointments as it gears up for the final delivery of its masterplan. Winchburgh Developments Ltd, which is the lead organisation for the historic West Lothian mining village, has secured Paul Curran