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Work on the new £10 million Langlee Primary in the Scottish Borders began today with the help of two pupils. Alfie Millar and Faye Kennedy cut the first sods for the new school, which will be built by McLaughlin and Harvey and is expected to open in summer 2017.

Laura Peacock, key relationship manager, Investors in Young People (seated left) presents the Investors in Young People Gold accreditation to David Cooper, director, Clark Contracts, watched by a selection of Clark Contracts’ young employees who have been trained through the company’s Academy Co

Students acting as a board of directors for a virtual construction company in a simulated environment have been fighting it out over six weeks of intensive competition to reach the final of this year’s Global Student Challenge, run by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). Over 50 teams from

Construction industry’s chance to pledge its support for The Lighthouse Club Construction industry charity, The Lighthouse Club, is calling on firms and employees across the sector to vote for it to benefit from a £20,000 donation pot pledged by Hudson Contract to mark its 20th anniversary.

Two daring Dundonians took having fun in the sun to new heights yesterday by using scaffolding outside a block of flats as a makeshift balcony. The duo decided to make use of the structure at the front of a top-floor Morgan Street flat, three storeys up, by apparently climbing out of the window to b

Interserve has announced that it will have to make £70 million of provisions on a delayed waste to energy contract in Glasgow. In a trading update to shareholders this morning, the contractor said that a further deterioration in the project has “significantly adversely impacted” its expectation

Sarah Speirs The biggest challenge for Scotland’s next government will be tackling the chronic shortage of houses across all tenures, according to RICS Scotland.

The Scottish Government has approved plans for a residential development with an Edinburgh conservation area following an appeal. Zone Architects was granted planning permission for the construction of five terraced houses in the Trinity conservation area in the north of the city.

Claymore Homes has unveiled plans to build hundreds of homes across three sites in Aberdeenshire. The Peterhead firm has tabled a proposal for a second phase of 31 properties at its Merryhillock housing scheme, to the west of Fraserburgh.

Multi-million pound regeneration plans to transform an old Edinburgh brewery site into a thriving canal side community will go on show at an upcoming information event. The EDI Group Ltd is inviting residents to an information event on Tuesday 10 May, from 3pm to 8pm, at Akva, 129 Fountainbridge, to

Caryn Innes Care and housing provider Bield has appointed Caryn Innes as its new head of development.

Around 50 young construction students are settling into frontline work as part of New College Lanarkshire’s biggest ever training placement scheme for would-be building trades apprentices. The 16-24 year-old Construction Pre-Apprentices are taking part in six weeks of on-the-job work experience wi

Consultation begins on accessible housing in Moray An eight-week consultation has been launched by Moray Council on revised guidance to private developers on accessible housing for the elderly and disabled.

Prince Albert Memorial Keep 1862 - Copyright courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland An impressive Prince Albert Memorial Keep at Edinburgh Castle and a cylindrical-shaped Sean Connery Filmhouse are amongst a collection of unrealised architectural drawings to have gone on display together for the

The High Court case currently being heard over construction blacklisting has been adjourned after union leaders announced that they had new evidence relating to the scandal. Victims represented by UCATT, GMB and legal firm GCR have already settled their claims with eight leading contractors at an es