The Scottish planning system is soon to undergo reform following an independent review. The proposals under discussion suggest an increasing recognition that children are often excluded from considerations of place. Here, Dr Jenny Wood identifies five ways Scottish Government can improve children’
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The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Scottish Renewables and the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) have all released manifestos outlining key policy proposals to support construction and infrastructure ahead of the General Election. In order to improve policy making and provide a better un
Developer Our Enterprise has fleshed out proposals for its £20 million project at Dundee Waterfront. Under the plans, developed in conjunction with HTA Design, plot 2 of the central Waterfront area will be split into three parts designed to attract new businesses and entrepreneurs to the
A Danish construction worker escaped a building fire last week by climbing on a crane. The man was seen hanging on a winch as he was moved to safety.
CMS Window Systems helps Glasgow hospice towards its £21m new building goal A donation of more than £30,000 by CMS Window Systems has enabled Glasgow’s Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice to take another important step to reaching its goal of creating a new state-of-the-art palliative care an
The soaring cost of construction materials following the EU referendum has forced almost a quarter (22%) of SMEs to pass on price increases to consumers, according to research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Around a third (32%) of respondents to an FMB survey indicated that the fall in
Perth & Kinross Council has formally approved the appointment of Mecanoo to redesign Perth City Hall, despite criticisms over its selection procedure. The selection panel considering proposals from five shortlisted architects recommended the Dutch practice to transform the Edwardian venue i
A group of Russian grandmothers grew so tired of waiting for the local authorities to fix their road that they hired the necessary equipment and did the job themselves. After being told by officials that the pothole-covered road through the village of Svedniy Bugalish in the Urals was "fine", the gr
Practical completion reached at Page\Park’s Scottish War Blinded centre Page\Park’s Hawkhead Centre in Paisley for Scottish War Blinded has reached practical completion.
Britain’s house builders have been urged to tap into the expanding market in multigenerational living by offering families new homes with greater flexibility. Research compiled by the NHBC Foundation shows that more than 1.8 million households in Britain contain two or more adult generations, yet
A growth in construction output across the UK in August failed to offset a fall in output over the quarter, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has found. Construction output grew 0.6% month-on-month in August 2017, predominantly driven by a 1.7% rise in all new work thanks to private housing,
Two firms have been fined a combined £110,000 after an engineer was crushed by heavy machinery and left paralysed from the waist down. The Evening Express reports that James Jamieson was pinned against a wall by a 1.8-tonne section of an air handling unit while working on replacing the system at Ab
Homes for Scotland’s view that a focus on affordable and social housing is exacerbating Scotland’s housing crisis and fails to grasp the commercial realities of development is “out of touch with reality” and must be “rejected outright” by the Scottish Government, according to a think-tan
An independent review into reducing costs in each element of the electricity supply chain has been published by the UK government. Building on the government’s Industrial Strategy Green Paper, Professor Dieter Helm CBE was asked in August to consider the whole electricity supply chain of generatio
Angus Council officials are set to rule on a key stage in the Arbroath Primary Schools Project the authority's Children & Learning committee considers a recommendation for a shared £14.5 million campus for Hayshead and St Thomas Primary schools in Arbroath. At their meeting on Tuesday, the comm

