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The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity and Building Mental Health have joined forces with Safer Highways and announced today the first major benchmarking exercise to understand where our industry lies in its Road to Wellbeing. As construction gets back to work and faces the challenges of tryin

IFT has appointed Luke Smillie to its team. An experienced estimator, Luke joined IFT’s East Kilbride office in June 2020. Working closely with the contracts team, he is able to provide advice and estimates for all screed enquiries and tenders.

The new charity running one of the most important Robert Burns sites in Scotland has warned it will close without firm action to deal with its finances.

Aviva Investors has announced plans to redevelop a 1970s office block in Edinburgh's Haymarket.

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has awarded the defence team at Galliford Try a new £20 million contract to provide facilities for RAF Lossiemouth’s newest Typhoon squadron. The two-year project will see Galliford Try's Inverness-based Morrison Construction busine

Guidance for the construction industry has been updated following the move into Phase 2 of Scotland’s route map out of lockdown and the next phase of the industry's restart plan.

A planning application has been submitted with Highland Council for a new life sciences innovation centre on Inverness Campus.

National Express chief executive Dean Finch has been appointed as the successor of David Jenkinson as group chief executive at Persimmon. Current CEO Mr Jenkinson gave early notice of his intention to step down in February, following just 15 months in the role.

New guidance has been issued which aims to ensure that moving home in Scotland can happen safely during the coronavirus outbreak.

The winners of the NHBC’s flagship Pride in the Job Awards have been revealed, with 40 site managers in Scotland recognised for achieving the very highest standards in house building. Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, the competition saw 450 UK site managers winning a Quality Award f

Barratt Homes has officially restarted its build programme across Scotland having closed its developments in response to the coronavirus pandemic at the end of March.

The Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbers’ Federation (SNIPEF) has joined with colleges to ensure that apprentices are able to continue to learn their trade during the COVID-19 crisis.

The number of affordable housing approvals and starts in Scotland has increased compared to a year ago while affordable home completions have fallen, new figures have shown. There have been substantial increases in annual Affordable Housing Supply Programme approvals, starts and completions since 20

Ogilvie Construction has introduced a phased restart of its site operations across Scotland. The company has undertaken a detailed review of every one of its sites to implement the necessary safety requirements to protect staff as they return to work.

Councillors have given GHA the green light to proceed with its plans to develop 70 new homes at the site of a former Glasgow school. Glasgow City Council had agreed to sell the Garscadden Primary School site in Hurlford Avenue to the Association for £196,000 before plans were submitted back in