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Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) will tomorrow seek approval from members to commit just over £7 million to modernise Govan Interchange. A paper going to SPT’s strategy & programmes committee outlines a proposal to award the construction contract to Graham Construction – worth a

The University of Edinburgh is to create a new biology complex with world-leading laboratory space for 350 researchers and to establish a new Centre for Tissue Repair, thanks to a £25.7 million investment by the UK government. The two projects are the only Scottish bids to secure funding in a fierc

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

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

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,

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

Balfour Beatty has announced that one of its key supply chain partners, A-Plant, has joined The 5 per cent Club, the industry group that was formed to create momentum behind the recruitment of apprentices and graduates into the workforce. A-Plant is Balfour Beatty’s first supply chain partner to d

The Construction Scotland Innovation Centre has taken the next major step in its development by appointing ten leading experts to form its Technical Advisory Group, and finalising its collaboration agreement with 12 partner universities. The Innovation Centre, which was launched in October 2014, bri

An £11 million injection of European funding will allow work to start on the University of St Andrews’ £25m green energy centre on the 36-acre site of a former paper mill at Guardbridge. Over 225 jobs will be created during the construction phase with the University pledging apprenticeships and

Academics have called on universities in Scotland to boycott construction firms which blacklisted workers involved in trade union activity. A motion to the annual congress of the UCU Scotland union, which represents lecturers and support workers, said universities should enshrine a ban in their proc

Plans to turn Trongate eyesore into student housing and hotel Developers have submitted plans to Glasgow City Council to develop an eyesore on Trongate that has lain derelict for over a decade.

The Glasgow School of Art has chosen Page\Park Architects to lead the restoration of the fire-damaged Mackintosh building. The firm saw off competition from Avanti Architects, John McAslan and Partners, LDN Architects LLP and Purcell, who were all shortlisted in January, to restore the art nouveau b

A new tax which changes the way people pay duty on house purchases has come into effect in Scotland today. The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) replaces UK stamp duty under new devolved powers contained in the Scotland Act 2012.

A Scottish company director who admitted falsifying business records to make fraudulent claims for almost £220,000 in VAT refunds has been electronically tagged for eight months and ordered to pay £100,000 in compensation, after an investigation by HMRC. Garry Gibson, 60, from Edinburgh, claimed t