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With more major housebuilders returning to site this week, the industry’s largest trade union has called on the UK Government to include construction workers in its targeted COVID-19 testing of key workers in order to help halt the disease’s spread.

The Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) is providing greater visibility on what constitutes ‘essential work’ to prevent key workers being harassed and verbally abused during vital construction projects. The Forum’s members have reported an increasing number of trad

A renewable energy firm that was held to be in breach of planning control in respect of a wind farm development has had its appeals to the Inner House of the Court of Session refused.

The owner of the scenic Fingask Castle in Perthshire has lodged plans to transform part of his country estate into a huge cemetery, complete with a burial mound.

A disused Dundee factory could be transformed into a retail and restaurant complex under initial proposals lodged with the local authority.

A new feature rich upgrade of the Free Construction Industry Helpline App has been released to support Mental Health Awareness Week.

Homes for Scotland chief executive Nicola Barclay appeared on BBC Scotland’s The Nine this week to outline why she thinks the home building industry is uniquely placed to begin a safe, phased return to work and complete the 6,000 homes currently awaiting finishing touches.

Sussex-based plant hire company BPH Plant Hire has created a 'Where's Wally' type brainteaser to help relieve some boredom.

The City of Edinburgh Council has approved plans for the first phase of housing for the development of Granton Waterfront.

An industry guide has been published to support the construction industry to attract and retain women into the sector.

The Scottish Government has asked planning authorities to be pragmatic in allowing requests to extend working hours on construction sites.

A project to regenerate the historic market town of Maybole in Ayrshire has secured £7.5 million in funding to invest in the town centre and key restoration projects over the next four years.

The Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum has published guidance for Scotland's construction companies on how to safely bring workers off furlough and back to work. The comprehensive 22-page document, Returning from Furlough, provides a practical step-by-step overview of how employers shoul

The developer behind Glasgow’s largest single office building is implementing a series of health and wellbeing measures that will see the development reflect the new post-COVID-19 reality of working life. With human touch identified as a major factor in transmission, all the ‘touch-point

Scotland's seabed is being opened up for new wind farm projects for the first time in a decade with the launch of a new round of leasing by Crown Estate Scotland.