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Construction industry workers have seen their pay levels increase at twice the UK average over recent months, according to a new study. Research from the Hays recruitment firm shows that some building professionals have benefited from wage rises of more than 10 per cent over the last 12 months.

The Glasgow Institute of Architects has revealed the winners of a design competition for a new gathering space and history resource at Springburn Winter Garden.

A wealthy accountant who built a leisure centre the size of four tennis courts in his back garden without planning permission could be forced to pull it down. Graham Wildin's extension has a two-lane bowling alley, 16-seat cinema, squash courts, a private casino and a bar.

Derek MacKay The tender to manage and maintain the Forth Road Bridge and the new Queensferry Crossing is to be awarded to Amey LG Ltd.

Apprenticeship schemes are on course to provide a £34 billion boost to the wider British economy this year, according to a new piece of analysis. Breaking this figure down, the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) said that apprenticeships could make an annual contribution of £31 bill

Dundee has become the first UNESCO City of Design in the UK, a prestigious award that recognises the huge contribution the city has made to design worldwide.

A joiner who suffered a head injury and a broken wrist in a fall at work has been awarded more than £45,000 damages despite the fact he could not remember the accident and there being no witnesses. Derek Smith sued his employers Muir Construction alleging common law negligence and breaches of vario

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A primary school designed by architectural practice Keppie has beat off competition from 70 rival projects to win ‘Education Building of the Year’ at the 2014 Society for Construction and Architecture in Local Authorities (SCALA) Awards.

New workshop premises at the Vale of Leven Industrial Estate have been given the green light after West Dunbartonshire Council granted planning permission for the development. Building work on the £1.8m project, which will provide 13 new workshop units with 35 parking spaces, is due to begin on sit

Work has started on a £19 million revamp of the intensive care unit at a Lanarkshire hospital.

Sarah Speirs Private construction workloads have continued to increase despite a further rise in skill shortages, according to the latest RICS UK Construction Market Survey.

Figures showing the annual increase of advertised salaries have indicated that most sectors are experiencing the highest increases since before the recession, with construction workers averaging a 10.4 per cent increase from last year.

Craiginches Prison Demolition work has started on Aberdeen’s old Craiginches Prison.

BAM Construction has secured a deal to design and build a £43 million new high school in Levenmouth, Fife. The deal is one of the largest infrastructure projects procured so far using the Scottish Government’s hub framework, which brings together community planning partners, including health and