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A trial is being developed to finally paint the Forth Road Bridge’s main truss deck in its entirety for the first time since it was finished in 1964, Transport Scotland has revealed. The work, which has previously been estimated at costing around £65 million, is expected to take more than 10 year

The UK government’s Work and Pensions Committee has launched an investigation into the collapse of Carillion. The Committee has published an initial set of questions to The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and the pension scheme trustees on the demise of the firm with a "giant pension deficit and a mounta

A group of Scottish architects have launched their five-point plan for the reform of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS). Presented today by A New Chapter, an independent association of around 150 Scottish architects formed to galvanise support for “a new progressive future”

Royal Bank of Scotland has announced that it is offering a range of “flexible options” to support impacted small business customers in Carillion’s supply chain, providing payment holidays and assistance with their overdraft to help manage any short-term cashflow challenges in the wake of the c

Ambitious plans to make Clydebank the “greenest town in Scotland” have taken another step forward after councillors agreed a deal to purchase land to build a District Heating Network energy centre. Councillors agreed to release £450,000 to buy the required land from Clydeside Regeneration Limit

Rebecca Barrass Rebecca Barrass looks at the details of a UK government consultation reviewing changes to construction legislation.

An Aberdeenshire biscuit company has received approval from the Scottish Government to build a business park after the plans were rejected by the local authority. Dean’s of Huntly has now been granted planning permission in principle and will be able to construct The Ward on the outskirts of the t

The timber frame exterior is now complete as work continues Plans to transform the education of children and young people with additional support needs in Girvan and South Carrick are now well advanced.

Atlantic Quay Buildings 1, 2 & 3 DWP signs up to Atlantic Quay 1

Eight foot concrete tubes could be the future of housing, at least that’s the solution to the fast growing population offered by Hong-Kong architectural studio James Law Cybertecture. OPod Tube Housing was conceived as an experimental, low cost, micro living housing unit to ease Hong Kong’s affo

New Central Access Core at the Burrell Collection. Image courtesy of John McAslan + Partners Glasgow City Council’s contracts and property committee has confirmed Kier Construction Scotland as the preferred bidder to deliver the Main Building Contract to take forward the Burrell Collection’s amb

BAM Construction has been awarded a £10m contract to fit-out the new terminal extension at Edinburgh Airport. Once complete the new three storey terminal building will provide expanded domestic and international arrival facilities including baggage reclaim, border control, additional food/beverage

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is calling on all former Carillion apprentices to get in contact so it can help them continue their training – and for employers to step forward to take them on. The UK’s second-biggest builder, which employs 20,000 people in the UK and thousands i

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has called on banks to show leniency to the thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Carillion’s supply chain. Finance and banking trade body UK Finance said this week that major banks are working closely with the UK government to limit the

Plans have been submitted for a new ‘retirement village’ containing 252 homes and an 80-bed care home in Newton Mearns. Situated off Netherplace Road, Newton Mearns Retirement Village has been conceived by Jewitt & Wilkie Architects on behalf of Newton Mearns Projects to cater exclusively fo