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Scottish Power has revealed plans to spend up to £2 billion in the UK during 2019, its biggest ever investment in the country in a single year. The announcement came as the company updated its investment plans following the sale of its thermal generation business and transition to 100% renewab

A major milestone has been reached in Heriot-Watt University’s new £19 million Global, Research, Innovation and Discovery (GRID) project. Construction work on the state-of-the-art project has now been completed by building contractors Bowmer & Kirkland allowing the university to

The accountancy watchdog has announced an expansion of its probe into KPMG’s audit of Carillion for the second time. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) says it will now look into work on the collapsed contractor’s 2013 accounts but it did not say why it has wi

The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has called for the Scottish Government to prioritise alternative solutions, including self-build, in order to boost supply and affordability. According to the latest Housing Statistics for Scotland, the Scottish housing market’s chronic undersu

Due to the ongoing growth of framework contracts, City Building Engineering Services (CBES) is looking for subcontractors to join its supply chain in the Western Scottish Highlands. Subcontractors are particularly sought from the following trades:

Scottish housebuilder Barratt Developments has pledged to recruit sixteen new apprentices in Scotland this year as part of its ongoing commitment to bridge the construction industry skills gap. The 16 new trade apprentice roles, focused on bricklaying, joinery and plumbing, will work across Barratt&

Young People from Merkland School have been gaining valuable employability and vocational skills for their future careers thanks to Advance Construction Scotland. The pupils from the East Dunbartonshire school are currently progressing on their vocational training programme at the firm’s Train

Students from the University of Edinburgh are helping Robertson Group embrace change within the construction industry. Nine students are responding to a data-led challenge set by the infrastructure group which looks at ways to reduce waste in the construction industry – identified as a priorit

Architectural technology students from New College Lanarkshire have designs on a brighter future after completing work placements at companies across the central belt of Scotland. Twenty-four students of HNC and HND Computer Aided Architectural Design and Technology (CAADT) at the Motherwell Campus

A plan to name a new street after one of the most ruthless figures in Scottish history have been met with opposition from Highland councillors. According to The Scotsman, housebuilders Barratt Homes proposed that one of 12 new streets in a development near the Culloden battlefield be named after Wil

KPMG, administrators for Dundee-based building services firm McGill & Co, have found a buyer for the business. A company led by Dundee-based businessman Graeme Carling is now in exclusive talks about a deal, KPMG announced this morning.

Springfield Properties, which delivers private and affordable housing throughout Scotland, has announced interim results for the six-month period ended 30 November 2018 showing revenue in its private housing and affordable divisions has increased, with profit before tax across it operations soaring

Offsite timber frame manufacturer Stewart Milne Timber Systems has entered into a ground-breaking partnership to deliver timber frames for more than 1,500 homes for major UK housing association L&Q.  The company, which has three manufacturing centres in the UK, will also support L

Persimmon has today released results showing profits exceeding £1bn for the first time. Annual profits jumped 13 per cent to £1.091bn at the housebuilder which was caught in a pay row last year and is under scrutiny over its continued involvement in the Help to Buy scheme.

Industry giant Balfour Beatty has been slapped with a £600,000 fine for health and failing failings that resulted in the death of an employee who was struck by a wheeled excavator on Aberdeen’s the Third Don Crossing project. On 13th January 2016, 58-year-old Ian Walker, a Balfour Beatty