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To coincide with the launch of Scottish Apprentice Week, Holyrood’s minister for Clydebank and Milngavie, Gil Paterson MSP, met with construction and manufacturing company CCG (Scotland) Ltd to explore its approach to construction and affordable housebuilding as well as skills development and

More than £300,000 worth of work to replace part of the roof at Dundee House is set to be discussed by councillors next week.

A construction worker was given the send off of his dreams when his coffin was delivered to the crematorium in the bucket of a JCB digger.

Construction and residential development company JB Bennett (Contracts) Ltd has ceased trading.

Plans have been submitted for the third phase of an award-winning development in the Gorbals area of Glasgow.

Cruden Homes has appointed Rory Stephens as senior land & development manager in the East of Scotland. Rory, a chartered surveyor, will be focusing on sourcing new opportunities across Cruden Group’s core areas of bespoke private residential development, mixed-tenure regeneration and affor

Plans to build a distillery on Islay moved a step closer to reality after the submission of a revised application to Argyll & Bute Council’s planning department.

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) has teamed up with an expert UK-wide network of project partners to launch a major training programme to help grow best practice and skills in offsite construction. The Offsite Ready project, a series of collaborative events and online modules will be l

CALA Group has announced the launch of a fundraising partnership with Samaritans which aims to support the charity’s vital work across the UK while strengthening employee mental health and wellbeing. Samaritans is a charity working across the UK and Ireland to help people who are struggling to

Emtec Building Services is progressing works at the HALO Hub project for client Morrison Construction Limited.

CMS senior associate Christopher Dickson discusses the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on construction contracts. While the worst effects of the coronavirus outbreak have so far largely been felt in China, the escalating number of confirmed cases reported in Italy over the past few days has cont

Stirling Council has granted planning permission for the development of 44 new homes on the former MFI site in St. Ninians.

Work has completed on a £5.4 million transformative new community built on a greenfield site in the Newburgh area of Fife. A total of 40 high-quality affordable homes have been delivered at Banklands by Robertson Partnership Homes, part of Robertson Residential Group.

Up to 25 new jobs are set to be created by an expanding business building its own state-of-the-art headquarters. Artist’s impression of ECO’s state-of-the-art headquarters at Annan

Falkirk Council has set its budget for 2020/21, agreeing on a £265 million spend to fund major projects and work to improve the area.  The capital budget for the new HQ/Arts Centre was retained at £45m and delivery options are to be provided to meet this budget.