The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) is once again looking for the next generation of construction industry leaders from around the world to take its coveted competition by storm for the 10th year running. First launched in 2014, the Global Student Challenge contest sees teams of students stud
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A number of student accommodation developments are being planned across Glasgow as developers seek to fill the evident shortage of availability in the city. Varsity Developments has submitted plans for a high-rise student tower on Waterloo Street, having previously mooted proposals for ren
Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST), in collaboration with Coaction Training CIC (formerly known as Carbonlite), has announced a new training initiative aimed at revolutionising the construction industry's approach to sustainable building.
Progress to identify, assess and fix unsafe cladding on Scotland’s medium and high-rise multi-residential buildings will be accelerated, under plans to safeguard homeowners and residents in this year’s Programme for Government (PfG). A Cladding Remediation Bill will give ministers new po
Fife College principal Jim Metcalfe welcomed the new education minister Graeme Dey MSP to the site of the new Dunfermline Campus to check progress of the construction project.
The LA home where Marilyn Monroe lived before her death could be demolished. The owners of the $8.35 million bungalow have filed to tear down the Hacienda-style home, where the body of the 'Some Like It Hot' star was discovered in August 1962.
Aberdeenshire Architectural and Landscape Design Awards (AALDA) were established in 1997 as a means of raising the profile of good innovative design. Taking place every two years, the awards provide a benchmark for the quality of recent development and the effectiveness of planning policies.
A former hospital in St Andrews is to be transformed into 27 flats.
A plan to convert a former Perth psychiatric hospital into flats has taken a step forward with the submission of an application for listed building consent.
A planned extension for Calderwood Primary in East Calder is being brought forward to provide additional learning spaces to meet the increasing demand in the number of pupils.
UK construction companies recorded a marginal increase in total business activity during August with growth in the commercial and civil engineering segments helping to offset a slump in house building.
Councillors at a meeting of Fife Council's Cabinet Committee have today given the go-ahead to relocate inverkeithing High School to the former Fleet Grounds in Rosyth. Members of the committee agreed the recommendation to relocate the school, following a widespread consultation, with a decision on w
Progress has been made towards the delivery of a brand-new primary school in Winchburgh.
A new development of homes in Broadford on the Isle of Skye is set to be launched for private sale through a Priority Purchase Scheme. Being delivered by Inverness-based contractor Compass Building and Construction Services, the eight homes are located within the Campbell’s
A burnt-out former nightclub in Kirkcaldy is to be demolished as it poses an "immediate danger" to the public, Fife Council has confirmed. Firefighters were called to what used to be Kitty’s nightclub on Hunter Street last Sunday, and then again on Wednesday when more flames wer


