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Salon des Refuses The Architecture Fringe 2018 festival has kicked off with over 70 events taking place across Scotland from 8-24 June, 2018.

(l-r): Alastair Dee, Scottish Government; Bill Banks, KHA CEO; Freya Lees, KHA Chair; Kevin Stewart MSP Work is nearing completion on Kingdom Housing Association’s £7.2 million affordable housing project at Pitscottie Road, Cupar. When completed, the project will provide 49 new homes, to help mee

New website marks start of Onshore Wind Week

  The project to build what will be world’s longest span suspension bridge once complete has reached financial close.

Councillor Jenny Laing A plan to create new public space in Aberdeen city centre has taken another step forward after the business case was approved by Aberdeen City Council's Strategic Commissioning Committee.

Wind turbine technicians are at risk of fatal accidents or serious injury without regular refresher training, according to a study by researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU).

Richard Beresford With fewer than 300 days until the UK officially leaves the EU and three weeks until the June European Council summit, the National Federation of Builders (NFB) says it is concerned that the Government has not set out in greater detail its vision of the future relationship between

Stephanie Mackenzie It will be interesting to see whether the recent English case of Parkhurst Road Limited v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Another heard in the High Court at the end of April this year will have any impact in Scotland, writes Stephanie Mackenzie, a di

As the construction and road surfacing industry comes under pressure to reduce on-site accidents, Aggregate Industries’ contracting division has said that a ‘back to basics’ approach could be the key to improving site safety.

(left to right) Pat O’Hare - contracts director , Graham Construction; Doreen Bell - lead clinical adviser, NHS Highland; Mark Smith, senior project manager , Graham Construction. Graham Construction has handed over the first phase of the £28m Raigmore Hospital Critical Services Upgrade (CSU) to

Nucleus, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Caithness Archive Morrison Construction has secured a shortlist hat trick at the British Construction Industry Awards 2018 with nominations across different categories.

https://youtu.be/PY1fd-DCRxk Mates in Mind has won the prestigious Mowlem Award from B&CE’s Charitable Trust in recognition of its contribution to improving mental health and wellbeing in the construction industry, through its training, awareness raising and educational efforts.

Renfrewshire Council grants £10m housing contract to Lovell

Our popular "And finally..." section typically bring you the lighter side of life in construction, but today we take an historical look at the darker side of the industry.

The liquidation of Carillion is estimated to cost taxpayers at least £148 million while accountants and lawyers managing the process are set to earn £70m in fees, the National Audit Office (NAO) has concluded. In a report published overnight investigating the UK government’s handling of Carillio