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The Building and Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council (BATJIC) has agreed a 2.75% pay increase for SME construction employees following successful pay negotiations between the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) and the Unite union. The one-year-deal is below last year’s 3.1% rise and will c

The Warmer Homes Scotland initiative has awarded a minimum of £38 million to managing agent Warmworks to continue to deliver the Scottish Government’s fuel poverty scheme over the next two years. The announcement comes as the 15,000th Warmer Homes customer welcomed a new gas central heat

Scottish homeowners are the least likely in Britain to improve their property after the number of home improvement planning applications decreased last year. The ‘Home Improvers of Great Britain 2019’ report, compiled by construction industry analysts Barbour ABI, found that for every 10

Two organisations delivering homes in Balerno have come together to provide the village with bespoke new gateway signage announcing it as the ‘Gateway to the Pentlands’. For more than three years, the desire for new signs has represented a key element of thinking behind the community cou

Aberdeen’s largest provider of mental health services has launched a campaign to help with its plans for a purpose built mental wellbeing facility in the heart of the city. Voluntary Service Aberdeen (VSA) is calling on the generosity of the north-east for the project which will assist people

Building materials and construction solutions business Tarmac has become one of the first major UK construction companies to provide expectant mothers with specialist high visibility maternity protective clothing when required. The pioneering maternity personal protective equipment (PPE) clothing co

Galliford Try is to undertake a strategic review of its construction arm that will reduce the size of the business after issuing a fresh profit warning this morning. The firm said the review will focus on its key strengths in markets and sectors with sustainable prospects for profitability and growt

Robertson has appointed Bryan Glass as executive director of its civil engineering business. Bryan, a chartered civil engineer, will bring his 35 years’ industry experience to Robertson’s respected civil engineering business, strengthening the team’s credentials by implementing an

Clark Contracts has completed the design and build construction of new student accommodation at 22-24 Potterrow in Edinburgh for Curlew Property. Located a short walking distance from the University of Edinburgh, the new building features 52 studio apartments in addition to common rooms and amenity

The demolition of a disused Aberdeen school is expected to start within a matter of weeks after a contract was awarded by the local authority. Works at Kincorth Academy, which closed its doors in July, were initially planned to begin in October in order for the land to be used for a council housing

Six Glasgow architecture practices have tabled innovative proposals to rethink the design of terraced housing. Bigg Regeneration, the joint venture between Scottish Canals and Places for People Capital, and Igloo Regeneration have revealed the resulting plans for a low-carbon, customisable, timber-p

Plans have been lodged to demolish a church in Galashiels to make way for new affordable homes. Cubby Construction has earmarked the site of St Aidan's Church on the junction of Gala Park and St Andrews Street for 24 apartments for rent.

More than £8 million is to be invested on improving infrastructure throughout Moray over the next 12 months. The funds will be spent on maintaining Moray’s 1,556 km, £1.6 billion roads portfolio.

More than £2 million could be spent across Dundee on preparations for the near doubling of young children’s entitlement to early learning and childcare by 2020. Councillors will be asked to approve five tenders for internal and external work at the former nursery buildings at Yarrow Terr

PFI contracts should be taken over by the Treasury as part of radical changes to local government funding, according to a new report. A joint paper from Unison Scotland and the Jimmy Reid Foundation has called for a “fundamental review” of local government funding to examine new and alte