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Garry Henderson at Williamwood Mactaggart & Mickel celebrates four Pride in the Job awards

An excavator operator working in a peat bog in southeast Poland has stumbled on a rusted longsword from the 14th century. The discovery has kicked off an archaeological expedition to the area in the hope of finding more artefacts from the time period.

Three Scottish projects have today been named on a 49-strong shortlist for the UK’s best building of the year by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The City of Glasgow College’s City Campus by Reiach and Hall Architects and Michael Laird Architects, Ann Nisbet Studio’s Newhouse

Barratt Developments has announced the appointment of Jessica White as its new chief financial officer with immediate effect. Ms White steps up from group financial controller to join the main board of Barratt as an executive director and CFO, replacing Neil Cooper who left in January after just 18

Sandy Duncan A councillor who lobbied colleagues about a proposal to build a wind turbine on his farm has been suspended from certain duties for six months.

A third of the UK’s construction firms employ migrant workers citing skills and availability as the top reasons, according to a major industry report. An inquiry into migration and the construction industry carried out by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) revealed that some employers

Refurbishment, fit-out and maintenance firm Cosmos Projects has announced a raft of new management and Board appointments following the anniversary of its fifth year in business. In recognition of their contribution to the success of the growing business, John Bremner and Ian Smith have been appoint

Andy Drummond, director of Hoover Ferguson (left) and John Ray, managing director of Raiths Farm Properties Developer Raiths Farm Properties has completed the first phase of its new 43-acre industrial business development and secured its first occupant.

Image courtesy of The Friends of the Union Chain Bridge Detailed investigation work is getting underway ahead of proposed improvements to a world famous bridge spanning the River Tweed between England and Scotland.

Professor David McClean Professor David McClean, head of the Robert Gordon University (RGU) Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment, will this Friday give a presentation to the Chief Planner for Scotland and more than 30 other Heads of Planning from across the country.

(from left) Tommy McKay, Stuart Mitchell, John Muir (Muir Group), John Watt (Muir Group), Robert Wilson and Iain Matthew A team of Scottish amputee football players is set to make its European debut this week, thanks to sponsorship from J W Muir Group, the Fife-based contractor, housebuilder and pro

Hardies assists DC Thomson to transform its Dundee HQ Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has completed its involvement in the extensive redevelopment and refurbishment of DC Thomson’s Dundee headquarters.

Work to install one of Scottish Water’s largest solar panel projects to date, at a waste water treatment plant in Montrose, has unearthed a lost piece of military history. Scottish Water Horizons, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Water, which is driving forward the organisation’s green agen

Construction recruitment is set to be revolutionised with the introduction of two unique technology innovations from Peace Recruitment, the leading specialist in recruitment for the built environment.

Oxgangs Primary School The past presidents of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) are to investigate the issue of build quality in the construction industry in light of the defects that led to the closure of 17 schools in Edinburgh earlier this year and subsequent events.