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Persimmon Homes West Scotland has submitted plans to build 24 homes in north east Glasgow. The application calls for the erection of terraced, semi-detached and detached timber frame properties between two and two-and-a-half storeys high on land between Gartloch Road and Findochty Street.
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Filip Stefanovic, head of engineering at Ecocoast, discusses the construction industry's obligation to protect the water in the area of construction, and how this can be done. As with all industries, the construction sector is responsible for its fair share of greenhouse gas emissions, ac
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A couple who thought they had built their dream home on land they purchased in 2018 have discovered that the new property and its utilities were constructed on a neighbouring plot instead. Jacqueline and Ron Howard said a close friend had owned two adjacent lots of a remote dirt road in rural S
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An engineer who was hit with a high medical bill for a hospital visit requiring X-rays has embarked on a project to build his own machine that will do the job for him. William Osman, a YouTuber who is known for combining engineering and entertainment, posted a video last week outlinin
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The Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) executive counsel has delivered a disciplinary Formal Complaint, under the Accountancy Scheme, against KPMG, a former KPMG partner and certain current and former KPMG employees relating to the audits of Carillion. The Formal Complaint alleges misconduct
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Scotland is set to drive economic growth in the UK’s transition to net zero emissions, according to The Green Growth Index produced by Lloyds Banking Group and Oxford Economics. The report suggests that at least £1.4 trillion will need to be invested in the UK economy between 2020 and 20
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A 33-year-old Glasgow man has been sentenced for illegally disposing of building waste. David McCourt, a builder from Milngavie, was given a Community Payback Order with 80 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay £300 compensation after he pled guilty at Dumbarton Sheriff Court yesterday to an
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Members of the Scottish Building Federation (SBF) have voted in favour of the Consensus Proposal for a new Levy Order to encourage training in the construction industry. 74% of SBF members endorsed the Levy Proposal for 2022 – 2025 put forward by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)
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Dundee architect Douglas Reid, who was involved in the creation and restoration of some of the city’s most iconic structures, has died aged 63. Mr Reid joined James F Stephen Architects in 1982 where he spent his entire professional career.
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Repairs to the leaning Millennium Tower in San Francisco have been suspended after it was found that the skyscraper was sinking faster than previously thought. A spokesman for homeowners told the Los Angeles Times that work had been stopped while workers “try to understand better the mechanism
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Fife Council has granted a not-for-profit company planning permission to turn a former hotel in Leslie into homeless accommodation. New Hope Community House Ltd had applied to transform the 15-bedroom Greenside Hotel into a new type of residential care facility that will provide treatment and c
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Civils contractors have joined six other industry trade bodies to call for the UK Government’s super deduction allowance (SDA) to be extended to include leasing and short-term hire. The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) have issued a joint letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequ
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Training for the construction industry to help combat the climate crisis has been developed and delivered by Keep Scotland Beautiful in collaboration with four UK-wide firms. The environmental charity is now rolling the training out to employees from McLaughlin & Harvey, GRAHAM, M
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Super-stretchy wormlike robots capable of ‘feeling’ their surroundings could find applications in the construction industry, scientists say. A team of engineers from the University of Glasgow have developed robots with forms of motion inspired by the movements of inchworms and earthworms
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A construction contract is set to be concluded for Robertson Group to deliver a community sports facility in Kirkintilloch after East Dunbartonshire Council agreed to proceed with the development yesterday. The Kirkintilloch Community Sports Complex will be located on the vacant brownfield
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