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A West Highlands home designed by HaysomWardMiller Architects has been named House of the Year 2018 by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Lochside House was revealed as the winner in the final episode of a special Channel 4 series Grand Designs: House of the Year, broadcast on Novembe

It was a day at the races with a difference as a group of runners from Robertson downed tools and took to the track to take part in a charity fun run. Sixteen Robertson employees and subcontractors working onsite at the new Hampton by Hilton Hamilton Park donned a variety of costumes – includi

Construction work on more than 300 build-to-rent apartments in Glasgow city centre is set to start by the end of this year after Legal & General exchanged contracts on the project. The pensions and investment firm will forward fund Drum Property Group to deliver 324 apartments within Glasgow&rsq

Bridge works specialist Spencer Group has delivered its “hugely challenging” project to complete repair works on the Forth Road Bridge. A team carried out works to replace truss end links which connect the bridge deck to the towers after a fracture caused the closure of the crossing in D

Andrew Wyllie CBE is to leave Costain after 14 years as CEO of the company. Current managing director of the group’s natural resources division Alex Vaughan will be appointed as CEO with effect from the conclusion of the company’s AGM on May 7.

UK wind farm owner Ventient Energy has commenced a significant expansion into Europe as Scotland’s energy minister Paul Wheelhouse opens its Edinburgh HQ. The firm has taken a 49% stake in a 1GW wind generation portfolio across Spain, Portugal, France and Belgium.

Construction works at CALA Homes (West’s) £100 million Jordanhill Park site has now surpassed 100 working days with more than 400 homes on track to be delivered by 2023. Since work commenced in October last year, more than 180 operatives have been inducted to date, with an average of app

UK-wide housing association Home Group has secured a £350 million bond issue to fund the development of new homes. Priced at an effective fixed rate of 3.24%, the 24-year bond is one of the lowest overall rates achieved in recent comparable housing association transactions.

A worker in Australia who claims his ex-supervisor repeatedly broke wind at him has appealed against a court ruling that found he was not bullied. David Hingst, 56, sought a $1.8 million (£970,000) suit against his former employer last year saying his colleague, Greg Short, would “lift h

Planned works ranging from repairs and maintenance to upgrades will be taking place at 35 schools and nurseries during the Easter holidays as part of a major £47 million maintenance programme across Edinburgh. Improvements include roof repairs, lighting and ceiling upgrades, installing new boi

Scotland will need to build 13 new secondary schools or 453 additional secondary school classrooms to meet a growing demand for higher education spaces across the country, according to a new report. The latest research by public sector procurement specialist Scape Group has found that Scotland&rsquo

Rugby World Cup winner Kyran Bracken has teamed up with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) to kick off this year’s UK-wide SkillBuild competition in Glasgow. Around 200 people gathered at the City of Glasgow College today for the first of eight regional SkillBuild competitions aim

Last week marked Clark Contracts’ 8th annual Spring Classic at Loch Katrine, which was attended by over 70 customers and a team of 8 cyclists from the firm, raising over £2,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust.

CMS Window Systems has been recognised by a national association representing specialists in the private equity and venture capital sector for the way in which the business is managed. The window, door and curtain walling designer, manufacturer and installer has been named ‘Scotland Mid-market

Engineers working on upgrading the power network in Dumfries & Galloway made an unusual discovery when what turned out to be a stash of 70 unexploded Home Guard phosphorous grenades were unearthed during routine improvement works.