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Regulation of the construction industry is essential for a safer and more productive future, election hopefuls from Scotland’s main political parties told a special digital hustings hosted by the Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum).

Commercial property consultancy Knight Frank has appointed Scott Hogan to lead its industrial and logistics practice in Scotland. Currently based in Aberdeen, Mr Hogan will relocate to the central belt to take up the newly created, nationwide role as the sector experiences a boom in activi

Glasgow-based construction firm City Building has added another prestigious award to its accolades after receiving its third Queen’s Award for Enterprise. City Building took home the Promoting Opportunity Award, a category recognising businesses and organisations delivering social pr

Ryder Architecture's excellence in international trade has been honoured with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise. The practice is one of 205 organisations across the UK to be recognised with prestigious awards, which celebrate the success of exciting and innovative businesses which are leading the

A public consultation will be conducted into plans for 61 new homes in Bathgate. Persimmon Homes East Scotland has lodged a Proposal of Application Notice to West Lothian Council regarding its housing, commercial and retail plan for land at Simpson Avenue / Leyland Road in Wester Inch.

A deteriorating Dundee church that is said to have become a 'serious burden' to local church-goers faces being demolished to clear the site for potential redevelopment. Fresh planning permission is being sought to demolish Craigiebank Church, which the Church of Scotland said is no lo

Places for People's Engine Yard development in Edinburgh has been shortlisted at this year’s Inside Housing Awards 2021.

Construction on the Trans Mountain, one of Canada's largest oil pipelines has been halted after wildlife inspectors found that Anna's hummingbirds are nesting nearby.

Soben, a quantity surveying and commercial management consultancy headquartered in East Kilbride, has expanded its operations into the United States. The company’s new US headquarters will be located in Chicago, IL with the newly-hired North America CEO Joe Cusick leading a team of 11 consulta

Global construction contractor Multiplex has today launched a pathway that sets out the actions it will undertake between now and 2030 to help its European operations achieve net zero carbon by 2050, including supply chain emissions. One Decade to Act includes a public commitment to achieve fiv

Persimmon said today it remains on track to increase the number of new home handovers compared to last year with completions in the first half of 2021 approaching those of the first half of 2019.

An asbestos removal contractor has been fined after a worker was fatally injured and another worker seriously injured in a gas explosion in Wishaw. Hamilton Sheriff Court heard how on 5 October 2017, workers were removing a boiler and pipework, and overspraying walls to remove asbestos residue, at t

Plans have been unveiled for a new development which aims to deliver Scotland's premier equestrian centre in Aberdeenshire.

Kingdom Housing Association (KHA) has unveiled an ambitious development programme that will see it aim to deliver an estimated 2,003 affordable new homes over the next five years.

As the government continues to push the construction industry to move more of the building process off-site and into factories, Roddy Cormack, construction specialist at law firm Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, explores a conundrum which must be solved if the industry is to thrive in this area