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(from left) Dr Gavin Dunn, incoming CEO of CABE; Alasdair Coates, chief executive of the Engineering Council; Dr John Hooper, retiring CEO of CABE; Paul Bailey, deputy CEO and operations director of the Engineering Council The Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) is to go ahead with it

Design and architecture company HLM has been shortlisted for Employer of the Year at the prestigious AJ100 Awards 2018. HLM is one of 10 practices named to be in the running. Having previously been shortlisted and successful in the regional lists, this is the first time HLM has been recognised in th

Briar Homes has been granted planning permission by North Lanarkshire Council for a new £5 million development of 17 private homes for sale at Station Road, Muirhead. Briar Homes is the new private homes arm of AS Homes (Scotland) Ltd - a family-run, Glasgow-based housebuilder with a successful 20-

Angus Housing Association chairman Elizabeth Whitson and Angus Council Provost Ronnie Proctor flanked by Mark and Robin Guild from developer Guild Homes Provost opens Angus Housing Association development in Forfar

China has unveiled the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world. Dubbed the 'umbilical cord', the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge stretches 34 miles (55 kilometres) across the Pearl River Delta.

ISG has been selected to deliver two new multi-million pound hotel projects in Edinburgh city centre. Both schemes will transform underused properties and cumulatively add 417 new hotel rooms to the city.

Brian Pettigrew Energy and services firm ENGIE has announced the next chapter of its expansion plans in Scotland with the appointment of Brian Pettigrew as regional managing director for its Regeneration business.

Image of the Grenfell Tower fire courtesy of Natalie Oxford via Twitter A review into UK building regulations in the wake of last year’s Grenfell Tower fire has highlighted the benefit of the pre-emptive system in Scotland, though ministers have vowed to ensure its recommendations are considered n

(from left) Malcolm Thomson, Bryan Woodley, James Connelly, Ray Waite, Gillian Murray (all Scotframe) and Harvey Fremlin who is managing director of the NSBRC Scottish offsite timber frame specialist Scotframe has launched a permanent sales office and showroom at the National Self Build and Renovati

A development of 562 new homes in Dalmarnock has been officially launched by Glasgow City Council leader, Councillor Susan Aitken. Riverside Dalmarnock is a mixed tenure development by Link Group and Laurel Homes on Dalmarnock Road, next to the River Clyde.

Proposals for 16 homes on the edge of the Culloden Battlefield site which were previously the subject of a bizarre planning mix-up have been granted final approval. Developers Kirkwood Homes will move ahead with the construction of the properties after Highland Council's environment, development and

Furniture specialist Alpha Scotland has won a contract to kit out key learning spaces at the University of the West of Scotland’s new £110 million campus in Lanarkshire. The new state of the art facility at Hamilton International Park, which opens in September this year, has been designed to enco

Sarah Boyack The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA), Addleshaw Goddard LLP and Ryden have given their responses to a report by MSPs which contains a list of recommendations aimed at strengthening the Scottish Government’s draft Planning (Scotland) Bill.

The Dalbeattie Learning Campus, an ‘all through’ campus comprising nursery, primary, and secondary education set in an innovative, landscaped setting, has been named Best Social Infrastructure project at the prestigious international Partnership Awards at the Hilton Park Lane Hotel, London. The

The British Safety Council looks at research showing that 65% of manual labourers haven't been given health and safety information at their workplaces, and considers the risk posed by a post-Brexit construction skills shortage combined with a growing marketplace. Last year, a survey found that 65% o