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Historic Environment Scotland’s Engine Shed has launched its Advanced Diploma Course in Technical Building Conservation. Aimed at those with experience in the built heritage sector and interested in developing their career within building conservation, the new postgraduate course will be taught at

Kevin Dineen and Stewart Ponton from Barratt Homes with Nadine Anderson, Daniel Milne, Cameron Gardiner and Ross Munro Barratt Homes delivers summer site safety roadshow with schools

NHBC has developed an online quiz to test people’s knowledge of onsite health and safety signs. The quiz was launched to coincide with NHBC’s 8th annual Health and Safety Awards where house building sites across the UK compete to demonstrate excellence in health and safety standards.

A young construction worker was repeatedly stabbed near a site in Johnstone yesterday morning. The 22-year-old victim, who works for Paisley construction company CGC, suffered knife wounds to his body, neck and shoulder during the attack.

Roxburgh Street surgery in Galashiels Esh Border Construction has enforced its sector specific specialist capabilities with a host of healthcare projects.

Ross McNulty Robertson Property has appointed Ross McNulty as new development director.

Hasib Howlader Nearly 4,000 businesses ceased trading as increased financial uncertainty gripped the UK in the first quarter of 2017, with the construction sector suffering the most.

The cost of the redevelopment of Tynecastle Stadium has run over budget but remains on course to be completed by September, Heart of Midlothian Football Club has announced. Originally projected to cost £12 million, the club’s existing main stand is undergoing a partial demolition to make way for

Building much needed new homes could fill the economic void left by large, soon to be completed infrastructure projects such as the Queensferry Crossing, according to Homes for Scotland. Responding to the EY Scottish ITEM Club Summer Update, which predicts growth in the Scottish economy for 2017 to

A contractor has been appointed to carry out ground investigations later this month as part of the A96 Dualling Inverness to Nairn (including Nairn Bypass) scheme. Raeburn Drilling & Geotechnical Ltd will undertake the two contracts totalling £3.1 million for this stretch of the A96. One contra

The Grove Academy team Robertson Facilities Management (FM) is celebrating after being recognised for exemplary teamwork at an awards ceremony held by the industry’s professional body.

This summer Scottish Housing News and Scottish Construction Now will once again be the industry partner for Business Fives Construction, Housing & Property heats. This is the 2nd year of Scotland’s national business five-a-side tournament which has hosted over 150 organisations to date.

Tony Dixon, Graham Construction contracts manager, Robin McCall, 20, Jake Chalmers, 20 (red hair), Zabih Siddiqi (22) and Michael McKechnie University of Strathclyde students complete construction mentoring scheme

Lego has made the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum the latest addition to its architectural model series to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the birth of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, reports Deezen. The late American architect, who was born 8 June 1867, completed the New York art museum in 1959. W

A Kelso building and property business has been suspended from using commercial vehicles for three months, after its director made false representations about the mandatory position of its transport manager. The order from Scotland's Traffic Commissioner Joan Aitken order means that M&J Ballanty