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The UK’s construction skills crisis could severely worsen if the UK government fails to take steps to ensure access to a skilled workforce during its post-referendum negotiations, a coalition of professional bodies has warned. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Royal Institut

Improvement plans for Glasgow Road Four major regeneration projects prioritised by West Dunbartonshire residents are to receive a £7 million investment from the local authority.

New College Lanarkshire and Amey put young people on road to success A group of young people are taking their first steps on the road to success through a winning partnership between New College Lanarkshire and Amey.

A new piece of research has found that those working in the construction industry take less holidays from work than those employed in other sectors. A study by holiday provider Sunshine revealed the majority of those who do not use the most of their annual leave do so because they feel “too busyâ€

Peter Truscott Galliford Try has posted record annual profits of £135 million, a rise of 18 per cent over last year’s results after completing 5,204 new homes.

Innes Smith Scottish housebuilder Springfield Properties has seen profits rise 64 per cent to a record £5.1 million to May 2016.

A £40 million shopping development is set to transform a derelict site in the north of Glasgow after councillors approved plans this week. Members of Glasgow City Council's planning committee gave the green light to proposals by Forge Properties to build a supermarket, gym, petrol filling station a

Plans have been drawn up for a student housing complex on the derelict site in Aberdeen. Proposed by West Coast Estates, the development would see accommodation for up to 100 students built next to the Bobbin Mill pub at 500 King Street.

Plans for a £6.4 million transformation of an historic Inverness hotel have been lodged with Highland Council. Patio Hotel Group wants to turn the nine-bed B-listed Maple Court Hotel on the banks of River Ness into a four star, 50-room, hotel with a restaurant.

Despite substantial investments, the construction industry is struggling to employ the full benefits of technologies like advanced data and analytics, mobile telephony, automation and robotics, a new report has found. In a survey of 200-plus senior construction executives by KPMG, just 8 per cent of

Karen Campbell Industry body Homes for Scotland said the supply of housing in Scotland continues to lag behind increasing demand after new figures revealed a fall in housing completions.

(from left) Allan Macleod, projects director, Robertson Northern; Highland councillors Drew Millar and Hamish Fraser (holding spade); Portree Primary pupils Jaiden Jones and Steven Colven, and Jim Steven, head of education, Highland Council Robertson Construction has cut the turf on the site of the

(from left) Penny Turnbull – Dunedin Canmore Housing (development manager), David Kellock – North Berwick Trust (Trustee), Malcolm Baker – North Berwick Trust (Trustee), Kathryn Smith – North Berwick Trust (Trustee), Cllr Norman Hampshire – East Lothian Council and Gill Henry – Cruden Ho

Photographs have been discovered which show the construction of a Victorian sewerage system which has served Aberdeen for more than 100 years. The images date from 1900 and 1901 and highlight the dirty and often dangerous work of the men sent underground to burrow out the Girdleness Outfall Scheme.

Developers behind a project to transform Edinburgh’s historic Royal High School into a luxury hotel have revised their plans in an attempt to gain council approval. Weeks after the City of Edinburgh Council unanimously backed an alternative bid for a music school on the site, Duddingston House Pro