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The High Court case currently being heard over construction blacklisting has been adjourned after union leaders announced that they had new evidence relating to the scandal. Victims represented by UCATT, GMB and legal firm GCR have already settled their claims with eight leading contractors at an es

Interserve has announced that it will have to make £70 million of provisions on a delayed waste to energy contract in Glasgow. In a trading update to shareholders this morning, the contractor said that a further deterioration in the project has “significantly adversely impacted” its expectation

The Scottish Government has approved plans for a residential development with an Edinburgh conservation area following an appeal. Zone Architects was granted planning permission for the construction of five terraced houses in the Trinity conservation area in the north of the city.

Claymore Homes has unveiled plans to build hundreds of homes across three sites in Aberdeenshire. The Peterhead firm has tabled a proposal for a second phase of 31 properties at its Merryhillock housing scheme, to the west of Fraserburgh.

Multi-million pound regeneration plans to transform an old Edinburgh brewery site into a thriving canal side community will go on show at an upcoming information event. The EDI Group Ltd is inviting residents to an information event on Tuesday 10 May, from 3pm to 8pm, at Akva, 129 Fountainbridge, to

Around 50 young construction students are settling into frontline work as part of New College Lanarkshire’s biggest ever training placement scheme for would-be building trades apprentices. The 16-24 year-old Construction Pre-Apprentices are taking part in six weeks of on-the-job work experience wi

Consultation begins on accessible housing in Moray An eight-week consultation has been launched by Moray Council on revised guidance to private developers on accessible housing for the elderly and disabled.

Two separate developments which would provide a combined total up to 4500 homes near Perth are set to be considered by council planners on Wednesday. Currently at the ‘in principle’ stage, both the Almond Valley and Bertha Park schemes are marked for approval, with finer points on the developmen

A twelfth consecutive rise in construction activity has done little to lift the prevailing mood of uncertainty within the UK sector ahead of the EU referendum, according to an industry survey. The latest Construction Trade Survey from the Construction Product Association (CPA) showed that constructi

Work on the new £10 million Langlee Primary in the Scottish Borders began today with the help of two pupils. Alfie Millar and Faye Kennedy cut the first sods for the new school, which will be built by McLaughlin and Harvey and is expected to open in summer 2017.

Students acting as a board of directors for a virtual construction company in a simulated environment have been fighting it out over six weeks of intensive competition to reach the final of this year’s Global Student Challenge, run by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). Over 50 teams from

Graham Construction has completed work on the state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit (CCU) at Monklands Hospital in Airdrie. The £5.5 million 10-bed unit, which has been handed over to NHS Lanarkshire, is just one of 12 phased work projects that Graham Construction will complete by Spring 2018 as part

Sibbald Limited is the first professional training provider in Scotland to be certified by NQA for BS EN ISO 9001:2015, BS EN ISO 14001:2015 and BS OHAS 18001:2007. After enduring an eight day certification audit early in April, Sibbald Limited have achieved triple management system certification aw

Plans have been approved to create a centre of excellence for performing and visual arts on the site of Dundee’s former Head Post Office. Dundee City Council has given its support for the £16 million development which will serve as a home for the High School of Dundee’s art, music, drama and ho

An expanding building services company has announced it has exceeded £10 million in turnover for the first time, as it makes three significant appointments to the business. Gateshead based Robertson Engineering Services, part of infrastructure group Robertson, has grown rapidly since 2014, increasi