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A huge fall in site safety inspections is risking workers’ lives, construction union UCATT has warned. The union discovered that last year the number of inspections of construction sites in Scotland made by the Health and Safety Executive fell 30 per cent.

The total amount of derelict and urban vacant land in Scotland decreased by 129 hectares or 1.2 per cent from the previous year to 10,874 hectares in 2014, according to newly released statistics. Figures revealed today by Scotland’s Chief Statistician found that the amount of land brought back int

Vaughan Hart By Vaughan Hart, managing director at Scottish Building Federation

Cllr Philip Saxton with Jane Armstrong and Andy McClung from the Lochside Neighbourhood Group (right) and others celebrating the start of the work Work starts on 58 new council homes in South Ayrshire

A new image shows the project's impact of historic Provost Skene House Aberdeen's Lord Provost George Adam has blocked a motion to discuss the city’s Marischal Square development at a full council meeting next month.

Ken Gillespie Morrison Construction is hoping to reap the benefits from the recent downturn in the north-east oil and gas industry, the firm has said.

John Morgan Morgan Sindall has completed a “disappointing” year with profits being hit by a small number of construction contracts despite a rise in annual sales to more than £2.2 billion.

The M74 extension  

Work has begun on a safe and wheelchair-friendly path the Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre in the west of Edinburgh.

Aberdeen library among world’s ‘most stunning’

A number of significant build programmes such as care homes, community and leisure facilities and schools will go ahead in Aberdeenshire after the council approved a Capital Plan worth almost £1bn. The £952 million plan for 2015-30 will support job creation, support businesses and deliver improve

Nicola Sturgeon Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon has called for an assessment of the country's electricity supply.

Greg Fitzgerald Galliford Try has announced plans to grow its construction division to £1.5 billion turnover within three years following a record start to the financial year.

Name and location of development: Doocot Court, Perth (phases 1 & 2)

The jury’s decision at a mock trial will be in the hands of visitors attending the Health & Safety Scotland event held at the SECC in Glasgow on 22nd and 23rd April. As part of the event’s free educational programme, organised by the British Safety Council, A Mock Trial: A Construction Indus