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A Scottish regional regeneration partnership could provide a potential model for global economic recovery, according to a global think tank and strategic advisory firm.

Lecturers in Computer Aided Design (CAD) at New College Lanarkshire have continued to provide training to industry during lockdown having transitioned to online delivery for employees of Keppie Design and Babcock International Group.

Construction firm The JR Group has joined forces with 121 Coaching in a bid to keep lower league professional footballers healthy in body and mind during the pandemic restrictions. As Scottish football continues crisis talks on the future of the leagues, young players in lower league teams continue

Inverness is celebrating a major milestone in its digital transformation with work now well underway to build a future-proof full fibre network to reach almost every home and business in the city thanks to CityFibre.

Scottish Water is leaping into action in Stirlingshire this summer with a £100,000 project to help improve the water environment for fish at Loch Venachar Reservoir.

An empty office building in London is being lit up by people screaming into a Zoom video call thanks to a new interactive artwork.

The Scottish Government should accelerate investment in housing, in particular through the Scottish National Investment Bank, and introduce a Scottish jobs guarantee in partnership with business as part of its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Led by ex-Tesco Bank boss Benny Higgins,

The development of a high-head (142m) hydropower scheme on the Barr River near Loch Teacuis in Lochaber has secured a new finance arrangement from Triodos Bank UK and the Scottish Investment Bank.

A modern care home offering residents a rooftop garden, gym and cinema could be built on empty land in Stonehaven under newly unveiled proposals.

Construction sites for Premier Inn hotels in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hamilton and Thurso will reopen this week as the business focuses on safely continuing building work on its pipeline of new hotels in Scotland. The sites under construction, which account for £55 million of investment by the hote

When a defect becomes apparent in a building or structure, how long does the owner have to make a claim? Dentons associate Kathryn Kelly explains more. In Scotland, defects claims have to be made within five years. Time starts to run when loss, injury and damage occurs (section 11(1) of the Prescrip

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