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Transport Scotland has refused to deny claims that work on the Queensferry Crossing is months behind schedule. The team behind the £1.4 billion construction project have consistently claimed that it is on course to be completed in time to open to traffic in December as scheduled.

Henderson House Architecture firm Barton Willmore has secured planning permission in principle for up to 125 residential units on the site of the former Fire & Rescue Service College in Gullane, East Lothian, subject to the signing of a planning agreement.

Only 9 per cent of people in the construction and property sector are financially on track for the retirement they aspire to have, according to new research from Aegon UK. The figure is unchanged from April 2015 and now lagging behind the UK average of 12 per cent.

Architects have revealed the first images of the final £4.1 million refurbishment plans for Govanhill Baths in Glasgow. After 15 years of campaigning, the Govanhill Baths Community Trust has secured enough funding to reopen the Baths as a working swimming and wellbeing centre.

Engineers working on a £60 million revamp of Glasgow Queen Street station have installed the first line of track through the kilometre-long tunnel. Features of the project included removing over 5,000 tonnes of concrete and rock, creating a new 945 metre concrete base and installing 820 metres of n

Launching North Lanarkshire Council’s Local Housing Strategy are (left to right) Elaine McHugh, head of housing solutions, NLC; Jim Leonard, vice chairperson and Anne McGhee, chairperson of North Lanarkshire Federation of Tenants and Residents; Councillor Kaye Harmon, vice convener of housing and

City Building has rewarded the tradespeople of tomorrow at its 10th annual Apprentice Awards which took place on last week. 81 apprentices from across all sectors of the business including, construction, administration, heating and painting and decorating were shortlisted for the awards at the City

Graeme Hadden, Land Engineering; Hayley Johnson, Heriot Watt University and Gemma Smith, Sweet Group & Chairwoman of Women In Property (Picture courtesy of Tom Manley Photography) The Association of Women in Property (WiP) has been working to encourage girls and young women to enter the UK prope

BAM Construction opening doors to the public BAM Construction is inviting people to take a preview tour behind the doors of the new Imaging Centre of Excellence at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital as part of a UK industry initiative.

A man who converted an old hen house into a gin distillery and won ‘Shed of the Year’ failed to get planning permission. Walter Micklethwait, of the Inshriach Estate near Aviemore, spent two years turning the dilapidated hen house into a shack which boasts its own Wild West themed saloon and bar

Design work for the A9 Dualling scheme has stepped up a gear with another significant contract award, worth close to a million pounds, to Soil Engineering Geoservices Ltd. Ground investigation work on the 8.5km Tomatin to Moy section of the A9 is expected to begin next month and last for around seve

David Stewart Scottish independence is not a priority for UK property investment in Scotland as long as yield outperforms other regions, according to new research by Morton Fraser.

Tammy Adams Scotland’s construction firms have said they have much to encourage them in their efforts to address the country’s chronic undersupply of housing following a review into Scotland’s planning system.

A skills shortage among white collar staff increasingly hampers expansion among UK construction firms, a new survey has revealed. The year’s first State of Trade Survey by Build UK has shown that labour supply continues to be a cause for concern with members reporting widespread difficulties in re

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced the timeline for consulting with construction employers on how its levy could work alongside the UK government’s Apprenticeship Levy. The Consensus process, a full consultation with the construction industry on the CITB Levy, will take