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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has agreed a set of proposals that will see the biggest change to architectural education in 50 years. Responding to the 2013 European Union legislative changes to the Professional Qualifications Directive statute, the RIBA Council this week voted to

Ted Ayres Housebuilder Bellway has hailed ‘another tremendous set of results’ as it unveiled record earnings.

Material science company Ecovative has developed a sustainable building material made from agricultural byproducts and mushroom mycelium. The product contains mycelium, the vegetative part of a mushroom fungus, which is a natural glue. This material binds with crop waste like seed husks and corn sta

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Mrs Davidson

A construction site manager has become an internet sensation for his parody video of Money Supermarket’s ‘Epic Strut’ advert. Gavin Levitt, who lives in Inverkip, decided to recreate the video to boost his fundraising efforts for charity Children with Cancer UK as he prepares to run in next mo

Danny Blakeston ISG makes key engineering services appointment

St Andrews Business Centre Robertson is due to begin work on an eagerly anticipated new business centre in St Andrews next month.

Two young patients marked the start of construction at the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh earlier this week. The £150 million building, which is anticipated to open in autumn 2017, will see services from the Royal Hospital for Sick Childre

Highland Council has now given the go-ahead to plans by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) for a nuclear archive at Wick in Scotland. Planning permission for the Reiach and Hall Architects-designed facility was granted this week by the North Planning Committee meeting at Dingwall, following

The originally-planned office development Premium developer Dandara has revealed plans to develop the former Triple Kirks site in the heart of Aberdeen into a world-class new accommodation facility for academics.

Building contractor J Smart is confident its annual underlying profits will be in line with last year, after enjoying a jump in first-half earnings. However, the Edinburgh-based group said too many uncertainties remain in play to accurately predict headline profit for the year to the end of July.

Tackling skills shortages and developing the use of new building techniques have been highlighted as priorities in a new Skills Investment Plan for Scotland’s construction sector released by Skills Development Scotland (SDS). Published today, the new strategy follows consultations with employers,

"The unilateral introduction of a compensation scheme was an act of bad faith by those involved." - Ian Davidson MP A compensation scheme for construction workers launched by eight of the 30 companies involved in blacklisting was introduced in an "act of bad faith", according to the Scottish Affairs

Confidence within the Scottish construction industry has reached a new record high, according to the latest Scottish Construction Monitor. The quarterly survey of the membership of the Scottish Building Federation (SBF) found that confidence reached a score of plus 29, an increase of three points on

(from left) Debbie McNamara from hub West Scotland, MSP Margaret Burgess, Councillor Patrick McGlinchey, convener of infrastructure and regeneration, West Dunbartonshire Council’s executive director of infrastructure and regeneration Richard Cairns and Noel Mullen from contractor Heron Bros Work b