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Gordon Henderson The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has warned that plumbers, electricians and builders could be forced out of central Edinburgh under plans to make the Capital Scotland’s slowest city.

Pete Redfern Housebuilding firm Taylor Wimpey has started the New Year in an “excellent position” following a post-referendum boost in house sales in Scotland.

West Lothian Council has revealed that work on a new £7.6 million Blackburn Partnership Centre could start as early as spring.

An innovative new environmental wetland project in Cowdenbeath by Scottish Water has been completed and promises to be an innovative storm water treatment method – as well as a boost for wildlife in the area.

A workman saved a pal from electrocution by hitting him with a plank of wood. Mark Bradley, 50, was struck by a reported 11,000-volt shock when a metal lamppost he was installing hit overhead power cables, the Mirror has reported.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has secured detailed planning consent from South Lanarkshire Council to deliver 612 homes as part of the master plan vision for Newton Farm in Cambuslang.

The jury’s decision at a mock trial will be in the hands of visitors attending the Health & Safety Scotland event held at the SECC in Glasgow on 22nd and 23rd April. As part of the event’s free educational programme, organised by the British Safety Council, A Mock Trial: A Construction Indus

A wooden skyscraper that Austrian architects say will be the tallest of its kind in the world is to be built in Vienna next year– but the city’s fire brigade has concerns. The 84-metre (276ft) HoHo project in the Seestadt Aspern area, one of Europe’s largest urban development sites, will house

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGJyA3hl1D8&t=238 A sketch for US television show Saturday Night Live, which was hosted by Fifty Shades of Grey star Dakota Johnson, sees construction workers make upgrades to Christian’s “red room of pain”.

A CCG apprentice Construction and manufacturing business CCG has won the ‘Excellence in Young People Development’ award at the Lanarkshire Business Excellence Awards.

Easter Bush Campus Barr Construction has been awarded a £25 million contract for a new building complex at University of Edinburgh’s Easter Bush Campus in Roslin, Midlothian.

Charlie Garvie Eric Wright Water has opened a new office in Coatbridge near Glasgow and created nine jobs, with further recruitment still underway as part of their Scottish expansion programme.

The renovation of University of Edinburgh’s historic McEwan Hall has been won by Interserve with a bid of £19.1 million. The university says that its vision is to restore the Grade ‘A’ listed building to its former glory while taking the opportunity to open the ceremonial hall for the wider u

Scottish Water has begun work on a multi-million pound scheme to save homes in Springburn, Glasgow from flooding. Scottish Water decided to spend £12.4m on an improvement scheme following repeated flooding after 34 properties in Elmvale Row suffered flooded garages, car parks and roadways over a nu

Brian Berry The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has welcomed the Labour Party's commitment to build 200,000 new homes a year by 2020.