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An independent review into a Coatbridge campus which was constructed on an industrial waste landfill site has concluded that the facility is safe for pupils and staff.

Revised plans are to be submitted for a 960-bed student accommodation development at Albany Park in St Andrews after an earlier proposal was refused by Fife Council.

The programme of works at the £25.7 million transformation of Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen was confirmed today at a ceremonial turf-cutting.

Lee Phillips has been promoted to be the new managing director of the UK Fit Out business of ISG. The change follows the promotion of Matt Blowers to chief operating officer for ISG Fit Out earlier this year after six years of leading the business.

The site of a former primary school in the south side of Glasgow has been transformed into 45 new affordable homes. The Lowther Homes mid-market development in Batson Street, Govanhill – built by contractors CCG (Scotland) Ltd – is on the site of the old Victoria Primary School, which wa

Cruden Group has continued its commitment to developing Scotland’s young workforce and tackling the skills shortage within the construction industry as it welcomes this year’s intake of thirteen new apprentices.

The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity Club has published its third annual update into the impact that the charity is making and how it is helping to make a difference to the lives of the construction workforce and their families. 

Planning lawyer Fraser Mitchell has been appointed to Shoosmiths as a partner in its Edinburgh-based real estate team. Mr Mitchell, who graduated in law from the University of Edinburgh has moved from Shepherd & Wedderburn in Edinburgh where he was previously senior associate in its planning and

Hawthorn Housing Co-operative has officially opened a development of 48 new homes in Possilpark. The homes have been built on land that has been derelict for more than 30 years.

Just one month ahead of a trip to Malawi, where they will carry out vital maintenance work at a prosthetic and orthotic centre, staff and apprentices from Glasgow construction firm City Building met quadruple amputee Olivia Giles OBE. (from left) Craig Butler, Phoebe Ali, Scott McEwan, Olivia Giles

Holmwood House in Cathcart reopens to the public this week after a three-month project to recreate the property’s original stencilled paint schemes.

Proposals to transform one of Dumbarton’s oldest buildings into a state-of-the-art library and museum have received public backing.

The 2,000-year-old hilltop home of a tribal chief has been discovered in a Scottish park – complete with a piece of clay bearing the builder’s thumbprint, The Courier has reported.

Fifteen UK construction bodies have written to the UK Government to share serious concerns regarding the implementation of reverse VAT charges and have called for a delay in implementing the new rules.

Construction output in the UK decreased by 1.3% in the second quarter of 2019, largely reversing the increase of 1.4% in during January to March, latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show.