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Last week, Scottish Construction Now reported how the Irvine-based Edison Group had opted to switch to a four-day week for its employees. Now in our SCN poll, you can have your say - and we'd like to hear your views too.
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For the monthly SCN column from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Emma McKay shares information about the organisation’s CIOB Assist programme.
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UK Construction Week London has teamed up once again with Construction Sport - in the form of a boating regatta with a difference. The challenge aims to show how team sports can help improve the mental health of those working in the construction industry, where work characterised by limited-term con
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A town has announced an unusual plan to reduce crime by planting 1,200 trees. Local officials in Alief, a suburb of Houston, Texas, will spend $2 million (around £1.6 million) to plant the trees along 17 miles of road by 2025.
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A decline in the number of new build homes started in Scotland is worrying, property firm DJ Alexander Ltd has said. The latest statistics show 19,227 all sector new build starts in the year to the end of September 2022, a decrease of 12% (2,580 homes) on the previous year.
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Renfrewshire Council could look towards housebuilders developing the Dargavel Village project to help fund a projected £69 million bill to rectify a new school being built to only a third of the required capacity. Last November, it was revealed that the brand new £18m Dargavel Prima
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Scott Hogan discusses the recent changes to Scotland's business rates regime, with a focus on the devolution of power to alter empty property relief to local authorities, and the varied impact of these changes on commercial property owners and occupiers across different regions. April brought in a w
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A construction worker has gained some online attention after sharing a story about how he got revenge against a former co-worker using $40 and some fake coins to make him believe he had struck gold. Redditor u/lrze403 works for a construction company that remodels homes that have been boug
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The retrofit of Civic House, a former printworks, has created a hub of cultural and social enterprise that brings new life to a neglected corner of Glasgow.
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Scientists at The James Hutton Institute are contributing more than just their grey cells to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy use – thanks to a newly installed urinal. The otherwise unassuming facility, at the independent research organisation’s Aberdeen campus, is collect
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It is a common misconception that Home Reports are not required if you sell your home without the help of an estate agent or solicitor. Peterhead-based surveyor Steven Dale warns this is not the case. Whether Covid is to blame, or whether we are all just becoming resigned to doing everything online,
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The communications team at Sir Robert McAlpine channelled their inner builders alongside the iconic Barbie to break industry stereotypes.
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A McLaughlin & Harvey flood protection team has assisted with the rescue of two dolphins.
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The head of a real estate agency which claimed to have sold a flat to a dog has been arrested in Iran. The arrest came after the agency published a video showing a couple signing over their home to a small white dog named Chester, The Jerusalem Post reports.
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For today's Scottish Housing Day, Cruden Group MD Steven Simpson talks about the challenges facing the housebuilding industry and the way that Cruden is taking a new approach and adapting its strategy for long-term success. As we mark Scottish Housing Day, it gives the chance to reflect on the
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