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Christmas may be the perfect time for gift giving, however when it comes to the workplace many bosses in the construction industry aren’t rewarding or recognising their employees with a token gift, according to new research. A study of 1,000 UK workers published in the Most Generous Time
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Alyson Cameron discusses her route into construction and dispels the misconception that a career in the sector is for those struggling academically or that it isn't for women. From a very young age, building was a keen interest of mine. My dad was a joiner and I always enjoyed helping him, showing a
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New research suggests that 51 per cent of homeowners regularly tip tradespeople, while the rest refuse.
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Twenty-one of Scotland’s senior policy-shapers and key building experts, academics, and commentators were welcomed to a roundtable in Edinburgh earlier this year to debate: “What Kind of a Britain are we Building: Scotland?” The event was hosted by Niall Trafford, CEO of BRE a
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Major plans to transform Dumbarton’s oldest building into a state of the art library and museum will be considered by councillors next month. The ambitious proposal would also see the existing library at Strathleven Place become a community collections store and archive where the public could
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Scotland is to go greener, faster with world-leading targets in order to stop contributing to climate change within a generation under new, tougher climate change proposals.
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The Clyde Arc, Glenfinnan Viaduct and, of course, the Forth Bridge are all feats of great engineering and just a few of Scotland’s most iconic bridges.
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Activity in the UK construction sector fell back into negative territory last month as the sector recorded the sharpest drop in workforce number since November 2012.
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The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group – representing the largest value sector in the UK construction – has warned that the collapse of Britain’s oldest building company is further confirmation of the financial crisis hitting the industry. Last week Durtnell &
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Assistant business development manager Laura Brown explains why she chose to leave a career in fashion to pursue a career in construction. I was very artistic and creative at school and always had a keen interest in fashion, so studying a degree in International Fashion Branding at university seemed
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A helter-skelter, lego exhibition and crazy golf course are some of the unlikely new instalments at cathedrals across the UK as a bid to reinvigorate these ancient buildings and raise awareness gets under way.
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The internationally renowned architect of V&A Dundee, Kengo Kuma, will give a special talk to celebrate the museum’s first birthday next week.
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A retired police officer has revealed his giant collection of 3,500 bricks which he has collected over the past nine years.
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Surveyor Tom Laurie talks about the many, but perhaps little known, exceptions that exist for Home Reports. Home Reports, now a wholly accepted part of Scotland’s residential property landscape, celebrated their tenth anniversary late last year. But, remarkably enough, there remains a signific
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Students from Newcastle’s Northumbria University have paid a visit to Shawfairt to learn how a new town is created and developed. The 42 second-year students are studying for a BSc (Hons) in Quantity Surveying which includes construction technology, economics, measurement, contracts and law.
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