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For many years SHARE has recognised a need to deliver basic technical training for non-technical staff. Understanding Buildings & Managing Repairs (UMBR) is a five day course aimed at staff who are required to deal with technical issues as part of their day to day duties, but who may only have l

An artist's impression of HS2 A high-speed rail link between Glasgow and Carstairs, as well as the potential for a new interchange station at Eurocentral, are being considered as part of a feasibility study to be carried out by Transport Scotland.

Construction work on Stirling’s first purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) development is due to commence in early 2018 after a deal was struck between Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and IP Investment Management (IPIM). Continuing its penetration into the UK student housing sector, Maven wil

Interserve has a £10m, five year contract to assemble and dissemble the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo grandstand Interserve has begun a formal redundancy consultation after confirming plans to shut down its specialist power contracting business.

A £3.5 million transformation for Livingston's Almondvale West Retail Park, as designed by architecture practice 3DReid, is set to begin this month. Situated adjacent to one of Scotland's largest covered shopping hubs, ‘The Centre' in Livingston, the project will be anchored by the introduction o

Independent planning and design consultancy Barton Willmore has been appointed to support the development of two new harbour facilities in Stornoway. The firm’s Edinburgh team were commissioned by Stornoway Port Authority to support its ambitious plans to regenerate the harbour area as part of its

Andrew Sutherland Industry leaders, policy makers and academics make up the list of speakers at the 2018 annual Scottish Property Federation (SPF) conference, which looks specifically at the value of place-making, the people-centric approach to planning and design of public spaces, and how it is fun

A shared site for two new build Renfrewshire schools is set to be completed and handed over almost two months ahead of schedule. The new state of the art two storey building which will house the adjacent St John Bosco and Bargarran Primary Schools in Erskine, will be ready for occupation from April

Drone image of the River Teviot through Hawick Scottish Borders Council has agreed its budget for the year ahead as part of a five-year revenue plan and a ten-year capital plan.

The campaigning body for the electrotechnical trade in Scotland is delivering awareness training to local authority staff that carry out verification activities across Scotland. The training, which is now in its third year, is a joint venture between SELECT, NICEIC and LABSS and is aimed at raising

Graeme Scott, managing director of Whitecross Building Consultancy, has returned from a gruelling three-day Arctic Trek challenge and raised over £3000 for charity. Graeme braved the elements and took part in a 90 kilometre Arctic Trek challenge to raise money for Wooden Spoon, the children’s cha

(from left) Councillor Douglas Lumsden, Fergus Ewing MSP, Guilhem Poussot (Vodafone) and Greg Mesch (CityFibre) Aberdeen to become Scotland’s first gigabit-speed fibre broadband city

A Japanese timber company has revealed plans for the world's tallest wooden building in Tokyo, a 350-metre skyscraper that would also be the highest in the centre of the city. Called W350, the 70-storey building will be mostly wood and just 10% steel complete with internal beams, braces and balconie

The A96 Park and Choose contract completed by Lagan on behalf of Aberdeen City Council Up to 200 jobs are at risk after the Lagan Construction Group announced it is to put four of its 30 companies into administration.

Plans to transform the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) site in Hamilton into an ‘urban village’ complete with 365 homes and a five-storey hotel have been given the green light.