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The BRE Trust has announced a major three year funding programme to improve the resilience of buildings and infrastructure to the growing threats of flooding, wind damage and overheating associated with climate change. In January 2014 parts of the UK experienced rainfall of three times the historic

First year apprentices Lewis Marnoch (left) and Mark Lawson Fourteen apprentices at house builder Stewart Milne Group have spoken about the first steps they have taken on the way to completing the four-year scheme they joined last summer.

The well-known boss of a construction firm has died after falling ill while on holiday in Tenerife. Douglas Gilbert, 56, the boss of Riverside Construction, passed away suddenly while abroad with his wife Yvonne on the island on Tuesday.

School children decorate Kelvin Hall site

James Forbes Construction professionals are being urged to act now and ensure they are compliant with the new Construction (Design and Management) Regulations, which came into force this week - 6 April 2015.

Graham Construction has been appointed as the main contractor for the development of a revolutionary new education development project planned for Dumfries. The Dumfries Learning Town Project (DLT) will see the redevelopment of Dumfries and Galloway’s school portfolio to deliver education on a who

New road and rail links to Edinburgh Airport and an extended Borders Railway are among major projects being drawn up by a partnership of local authorities, under ambitious £1 billion city deal plans announced today. The Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region – comprising Edinburgh, Borders

Russell Institute Scottish contractor CBC has been appointed to take on the £4.5 million restoration of Paisley’s Russell Institute.

Pictured with the former cash-and-carry building ‘The Blue Shed’ behind them from left are Dame Seona Reid (chair of the National Theatre of Scotland), Laurie Sansom (artistic director of the National Theatre of Scotland), Baille Liz Cameron (executive member for jobs and the economy at Glasgow

The winners celebrate at last year's North East Trades Awards 2014. The shortlist for the 2015 North East Trades Awards was announced by an independent panel of judges this week after receiving a record number of applications.

Easter Bush Campus Barr Construction has been awarded a £25 million contract for a new building complex at University of Edinburgh’s Easter Bush Campus in Roslin, Midlothian.

(left to right) Stuart Eynon, property director, Peter Vardy Ltd; Peter Vardy, CEO, Peter Vardy Ltd; Duncan Ogilvie, CEO, Ogilvie Group; Bob Gray, construction director, Ogilvie Construction Work starts on new Aberdeen £4m Porsche Centre

Bob Clark International engineering and construction company Laing O’Rourke has appointed Bob Clark to the newly created position of director for Scotland in its construction division.

A Scottish company director who admitted falsifying business records to make fraudulent claims for almost £220,000 in VAT refunds has been electronically tagged for eight months and ordered to pay £100,000 in compensation, after an investigation by HMRC. Garry Gibson, 60, from Edinburgh, claimed t

Alex Neil The Scottish Government is to publish a plan to support the delivery of new homes as new figures revealed the average time to process major housing developments was at its slowest yet.