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A Perth based building and civil engineering contractor has gained recognition for its recruitment and retention of young people. AGB Small Contracts Limited achieved the Investors in Young People Accreditation, which represents a commitment to the training and development of young people and demons

Speculative office Clyde Gateway office secures first tenant The on-going efforts to regenerate the Clyde Gateway area have received another boost from the decision by SPIE to bring more than 140 jobs to the area.

A video game has been developed that involves the investigation of structural problems in abandoned factories, forgotten tunnels and unsafe buildings. Developer Loiste Interactive describes Infra as “an atmospheric and completely non-violent first-person puzzle adventure that deals with the issues

An updated set of best-practice criteria has been put together to support the construction sector in doing its utmost to boost the image of the industry. The Monitors’ Checklist is part of the Considerate Constructors Scheme, launched with the aim of supporting the building trade to show itself in

The Highland Council has approved an additional programme of £2.7 million for the coming year 2016/17. A total of £2.3m will be allocated this coming year to re-surfacing, surface dressing and road markings across the Highland network and £0.4m to bridges in Sutherland (Kylesku) and Lochaber (A88

Simplified and streamlined procurement and a renewed focus on energy efficiency in the existing built environment are among the Scottish Building Federation’s recommendations for sustainable growth in the Scottish construction sector. In its policy manifesto for the 2016 Scottish Parliament electi

Over £5.6 million has been paid out to construction workers by companies involved in blacklisting. A total of 71 members of construction union UCATT have begun to receive blacklisting compensation payouts averaging nearly £80,000 each.

Construction work will finally begin on a new high school in Elgin within weeks, after Moray Council regained control of its soaring costs, the Press and Journal reports. Councillors were dismayed last year after it appeared that delays which set the project back by months had sent costs soaring.

Contracts have been signed to allow construction work to start on the £26.5 million Dalbeattie Learning Campus next month. The facility is being delivered by hub South West on behalf of Dumfries & Galloway Council and in partnership with Graham Construction.

The Institution of Civil Engineers Scotland (ICE) has challenged all policy-makers to sign-up to a pledge supporting infrastructure maintenance, development and delivery for the benefit of the country. Published in the run-up to May’s Scottish Parliament elections, the ICE’s Manifesto for Infras

The Laurieston Transformational Regeneration Area has been named as one of six housing projects across the UK to compete for the Royal Town Planning Institute’s (RTPI) prestigious planning awards this year. Delivering 459 new homes to a 13 hectare regeneration site in the Gorbals, the project join

Plans to build Scotland’s first purpose built accessible space for disabled dancers have been submitted in Glasgow. Collective Architecture’s proposals will the Category A-listed former Briggait fish market in the city’s Merchant Quarter transformed into home for dance and physical performance

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has unveiled plans to cut 30 per cent of staff by the end of 2018. Confirmation of the job cuts, which will see its staff numbers drop to 950 from the current level of around 1,400, follows CITB’s board signing off the organisations business plan, wh

Former school’s affordable housing transformation begins in Burntisland A project is under way to renovate the three main vacant buildings at the site of Burntisland’s former primary school into 25 affordable homes.

Procurement consortium LHC has begun the tender process for its new Pitched Roofing framework. A contract notice for the programme, worth an estimated £100 million over four years, has now been issued by the local government organisation.