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Bowmer and Kirkland has been fined after a worker was seriously injured when he fell through a void. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard how a worker employed by a sub-contractor working for the Derbyshire firm was contracted to pour concrete onto the first floor of a building that was under construction

An Aberdeenshire architect-led construction firm is expanding into Glasgow after a successful period of growth. Banchory-based Dab Den, which designs and builds contemporary new build houses, house extensions, and luxury garden rooms, said the new office will “offer all the services currently prov

Mark Friars By Mark Friars, interior designer at Ryden

Alford Community Campus The development of the new Alford Community Campus and Noss Primary School have earned national recognition for raising the bar for considerate construction.

The Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) is calling on practising engineers and construction professionals to help former colleagues make their way back into engineering. ICE is working across the civil engineering sector as part of its Civils Comeback scheme to encourage more companies to get involve

(from left) Back – Lynn Richardson, development & strategy manager, North Ayrshire Council; Martin Muir, TCS Construction Consultants; Jeff Bell, Scottish Government; Front – David Smith, Ashleigh Scotland Ltd; Linda Anderson, executive director of operations, Cunninghame Housing Association

Hundreds of homes in Cumbria will be heated using biogas produced from the cheese-making process from next month. A government-backed green energy plant in the area will start producing gas from cheddar manufacturing waste, The Telegraph reports.

Sarah Speirs Growth in Scottish construction activity slowed significantly during the first quarter of this year, a survey has shown.

Plans for a 1,350-home development on green belt land on the edge of Edinburgh face an uncertain future after the plans were withdrawn from a council planning meeting. Put forward by developer Murray Estates, the proposal was for the first phase of a 675-acre Garden District development on a 54-hect

The University of Edinburgh has opened the bidding for contactors to redevelop parts of its School of Biological Sciences’ facilities on its King’s Buildings Campus. The ‘Building a New Biology’ project is a plan to grow the university’s research and teaching capacity. It plans to invest Â

John White Retirement home builder McCarthy & Stone enjoyed strong growth in sales in the six months to the end of February.

A judicial review into CITB’s construction industry training levy has been dismissed at the Royal Courts of Justice. The legal action was taken against the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), with CITB named as an interested party, by payroll company Hudsons Contract Services Ltd.

An enterprise park has been launched by Fusion Assets following the designation of a new Life Sciences Enterprise Area based around the BioCity Campus in North Lanarkshire. The undeveloped Lanarkshire Enterprise Park site within the adjacent Dunalastair Industrial Estate was originally purchased by

Plans for Spencer Street - Copyright AS Homes (Scotland) Ltd AS Homes (Scotland) Ltd has been granted planning permission for a new 61 plot mixed tenure development at Spencer Street in Anniesland, Glasgow.

John Sinfield Construction Products Association chairman John Sinfield used the CPA’s annual Spring Lunch yesterday to outline the Association’s three strategic objectives for 2016 and unveil a new logo.