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The next generation of Glasgow’s construction force have been recognised by their employer City Building at the firm’s annual Apprentice Awards. More than 80 young men and women were under the spotlight after being shortlisted for achievements in roles such as electrical, joinery, painting and d

Champions Riddle & Coghill with UK Ladies Long Drive champion Ilona Stubley Companies from across the country took part in the national final of Business Fours on Wednesday playing to win a sizeable charitable donation for their chosen cause.

V&A Dundee given Charles Rennie Mackintosh project funding boost The project to conserve, restore and redisplay a complete Charles Rennie Mackintosh tearoom interior in V&A Dundee has received a major funding boost, thanks to Art Fund and the Scottish Government.

The developers behind Mjøstårnet, a multi storey building under construction in Norway which will be the world's tallest timber building when completed, has released a new video detailing the fire safety measures that have been implemented to make the building safer than a corresponding building w

Scottish Rugby has applied for planning permission to install a new playing venue in the grounds of BT Murrayfield. Intended to be the new home of Edinburgh Rugby, the 7,800-capacity venue would be located on a section of land currently used as training pitches.

Commercial property developer Knight Property Group is set to develop further industrial units on a speculative basis at Kingshill Commercial Park in Aberdeen. Due to the success of units 1-4 at the Commercial Park and the pre let of bespoke build Unit 7 to Power Jacks, Knight Property Group is driv

Matthew Stimson Matthew Stimson, a senior associate in the planning team at Shoosmiths, considers the ramifications of the Stage 1 Report on the Planning (Scotland) Bill.

A well established refurbishment, interiors and construction company based in Glasgow has restructured its executive team as the business heads into its second decade. Redpath has created an operational board to support the founders of the business managing director Jim Pritchard and Alistair Sloan.

Over £90 million is to be invested in Stirling and Clackmannanshire through an ambitious UK City Region Deal which aims to use infrastructure to drive economic growth across the region. Working in partnership with both Stirling Council and Clackmannanshire Council, the deal will see the Scottish Go

Nicola Barclay Homes for Scotland (HFS) has published a discussion paper on the actions required to meet the country's housing need and demand.

Balfour Beatty has been awarded two contracts worth £43.5 million for the Beauly to Keith 132kV modernisation programme. Both contracts have been awarded by Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc, part of Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), through the existing F2 Overhead Line Gen

The Crescent at Donaldson’s School CALA Homes and Evans Property Group have secured a £21 million joint funding package from Barclays to support the development of 84 residential apartments located in the grounds of the Playfair designed Donaldson’s School in Edinburgh.

Ogilvie Construction has broken ground on a £9.3 million development of waterside apartments in Currie for Dunaven Homes. The development, called River Mill, will comprise 53 two and three bedroom apartments over six blocks, which will be built in two phases. The apartments will be finished to a hi

The City of Edinburgh Council’s award-winning house building programme is looking to establish a Framework Agreement of affordable housing contractors to deliver high quality homes across the city. The council has an ambitious programme to construct 10,000 new affordable homes by 2027 and plans to

Fiona Harper Scotland’s campaigning electrical trade association has established a new training regime aimed at enhancing members’ input into training activity and meeting the future skills needs of the industry as a whole.