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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

Architect Chris Bowes (centre, dark jacket) and Kirkmichael Trust members (from left) George Mackay, Helma Reynolds, Jim Mackay, Verity Walker (behind) and Lilah Dowsett inspecting plans outside Kirkmichael Church. Photograph by Andrew Dowsett. The Kirkmichael Trust is inviting tenders from contract

The City Building team and apprentices with Roseanna Cunningham in the centre, City Building chair, Councillor James Adams on the left and City Building executive director, Graham Paterson on the right City Building has been presented with a prestigious employment accreditation for its efforts to pr

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.

A British designer has developed a concept that will allow people to download plans to print and build their own bespoke earth-friendly house over a few days. The inventor say the plans, named WikiHouse, will herald a digital building revolution, letting anyone design a high-performance, low-cost an

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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.

The number of homes being built in Scotland is significantly lower than Scottish Government targets and does not meet current demands, according to new research. A report by property consultancy JLL has concluded that Scotland faces an “enormous challenge” to build the homes needed for a growing

Neil Watson Coatbridge-based engineering group Watson Towers has come to the aid of two major Scottish infrastructure projects in less than a month.

Lovell regional director Alan Taylor and Lovell project administrator Sandra Kerr with the IIP Gold award Lovell has been awarded the leading Investors in People (IIP) Gold standard award for its excellent people management and staff development in Scotland.

Highland Council approves plans for Raasay distillery Highland Council has approved plans for the Isle of Raasay's first whisky distillery.

The redevelopment of the iconic Edinburgh sports ground which hosted the world’s first international rugby match faces almost certain delay after members of a nearby sports club voted to assert their legal right to a strip of land just two feet wide. The Edinburgh Evening News has reported that th

How a possible development would look at site 6 of the Dundee Waterfront development Plans have been unveiled for a £40 million development of flats, premium office space and hotel next to the new V&A Museum in Dundee.

Willmott Dixon is seeking expressions of interest for its support services division to focus on its remaining major contracting and residential development divisions. The board has decided that subsidiaries Willmott Dixon Partnerships and Willmott Dixon Energy Services “could each grow to challeng

The first section of a new £16.5 million jetty for the fishing and offshore industries has been handed over to Lerwick Port Authority by Tulloch Developments Ltd. The early completion of the 110-metre section at Holmsgarth North clears the way for the demolition of the nearby former Shell jetty whi