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Workloads in the UK construction and infrastructure sectors continued to rise moderately in the third quarter of 2017 but skills shortages are once again impacting the industry, according to the Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Around 22% more respondents to the latest RICS UK Constru

Minister for employability and training Jamie Hepburn MSP (centre) with Stewart Shearer, managing director of Robertson Partnership Homes and apprentice Laura Docherty Robertson Group’s commitment to addressing the skills shortage in the construction industry has been praised by the Scottish Gover

The new apprentices with City Building (Glasgow) chair Gordon Sloan and Councillor Greg Hepburn City Building has welcomed a flurry of new recruits, as more than 60 modern apprentices join the construction firm.

Meldrum House CALA Homes has submitted a planning application for a proposed residential development within the grounds of Meldrum House Hotel & Golf Club, Oldmeldrum.

A recruitment campaign designed to facilitate 50 Glasgow-based businesses to prepare for the future has been launched today by Circular Glasgow. Hosted by Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, Circular Glasgow will connect with companies across a number of sectors, including construction, helping them to ope

Image courtesy of Netco A charity has unveiled plan to build a £10 million mountain bike park in Aberdeenshire.

With ambitious Scotland-wide targets for house building and energy efficiency high on the national agenda, Melville Housing Association has taken a step towards a greener housing future by becoming the first Registered Social Landlord (RSL) to deliver a Zero Waste Scotland workshop for construction

Portakabin supports Carnoustie in preparation for 2018 Open Portakabin has stepped in to help Carnoustie Golf Links after plans to rebuild its current premises ahead of hosting the Open Championship in July 2018 meant that the club would be short of facilities.

People living in Scottish areas with street names commemorating Britain, such as “Queen”, “Royal”, “Regent”, or “London” are less likely to define themselves as Scottish only, new research from the University of St Andrews has revealed. The finding, by Dr Daniel Oto-Peralías, is par

A group of Scottish architects who accused the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) of being a “secretive and autocratic” organisation have rejected attempts by the professional body to address their concerns. The group, calling itself ‘A New Chapter’, had written to RIAS pre

Revised plans to transform a former Dundee College campus into flats and apartments have been lodged with the city council. Keppie Design and Whiteburn Projects, which had previously gained planning permission to covert the 1970s building in 2015, have now drawn up new plans to include 111 rental fl

Court of Session A homeowner involved in a legal dispute with Glasgow City Council has won his appeal after arguing that the local authority acted beyond its powers in imposing a condition attached to the award of grant assistance, which required property owners to pay their share of the cost of rep

Morrison Construction has started works on the £15 million Ardross Distillery development in the scenic Averon Valley, 30 miles north of Inverness. The project for Ardross Investments Ltd will involve the refurbishment and extension of a dilapidated farm complex on a private 50-acre site that inclu

A project to build a new lowland malt whisky distillery and visitor centre in Inverclyde can begin next year with the award of near £1 million from the Scottish Government. The Ardgowan Distillery, which plans to build the flagship project on the Ardgowan Estate near Inverkip, 30 miles west of Glas

The Cockenzie Power Station during its demolition in 2015 A potential vision of a mixed-use development of the former Cockenzie Power Station site including an employment zone, an area for a potential energy quarter and an improved harbour setting has been revealed in a new report.