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A short film outlining the key health and safety steps that all staff should take during the construction sector’s return to work has been released by the Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum).

Glasgow-based civil engineer RJ McLeod will lead the construction of the country’s newest onshore wind farm following the award of a multi-million-pound contract by Vattenfall. 

Plans to deliver 31 new homes at the former Maud Hospital in Buchan have been given the green light.

Coronavirus has had a significant impact on construction projects in terms of delay as well as direct and indirect costs and Claire Logue says it is uncertain how these will be dealt with by the courts. As the Rolling Stones wisely advise us, "You can't always get what you want… but if you tr

Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) has appointed Hart Builders to carry out the first phase of a new build housing development in Beanburn, Ayton.

In line with government guidance and Scotland moving into phase two of the road map, Thorntons Estate Agency is preparing for face to face appointments from June 29 and tackle its list of 1300 viewing appointments and over 220 market appraisals.   Peter Ryder, managing director of estate a

Cunninghame Housing Association has teamed up with Raydale Community Partnership and Gretna FC 2008 to create a new community sports hub in the heart of Gretna for local residents.

The billionaire president of the United Arab Emirates filled the water tanks of his 18th-century mansion with Evian mineral water, court documents have claimed.

The Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has welcomed further easing of restrictions for the sector in Scotland and has produced a pack of free practical signage to help with the safe return to work.

Scottish builders’ merchant St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies Group has received a substantial CBILS funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland to help support the business during the coronavirus pandemic. With five sites based in Edinburgh and one in Paisley, the company is

Plans have been submitted to demolish a seafront Prestwick hotel and replace it with a 64 bedroom care home.

Chartered surveyors Graham + Sibbald has made a trio of appointments to its residential team based in Falkirk and Stirling. The new team will be led by Gavin Miller who studied Property (MA) at Aberdeen University and joined Graham + Sibbald’s Stirling office in 2012. Since then, Gavin’s

Scotland’s construction industry will face a potential domino effect of insolvencies without some form of government intervention, warns solicitor Roddy Cormack. The construction industry is facing a real uphill struggle. Although some restrictions are lifting, further increasing the work

The UK Government should relax its ban on combustible cladding imposed after the Grenfell Tower fire, according to a housebuilder. Berkeley Group has argued that tall buildings that feature the same type of aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding involved in the disaster, which led to the deaths

Public health experts have called for a ban on quartz kitchen and bathroom tops after new research revealed how the stone has fuelled a rise in workers contracting an inoperable lung disease.