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Staff at Kier Inverness office with Lord Provost Alex Graham and Danny Alexander MP Kier Construction has demonstrated its commitment to the Highlands by opening an office in Inverness to capitalise on the growing number of contracts it is winning across the region.

Theatre Royal The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has announced a 24 strong shortlist for its 2015 awards.

An £11 million injection of European funding will allow work to start on the University of St Andrews’ £25m green energy centre on the 36-acre site of a former paper mill at Guardbridge. Over 225 jobs will be created during the construction phase with the University pledging apprenticeships and

Dozens of workers affected by the collapse of Dundee building firm Muirfield Contracts have successfully found new employment although only nine of the apprentices have secured new placements, according to a union rep. The firm went into administration earlier this month, resulting in the loss of ar

The Construction Scotland Innovation Centre has taken the next major step in its development by appointing ten leading experts to form its Technical Advisory Group, and finalising its collaboration agreement with 12 partner universities. The Innovation Centre, which was launched in October 2014, bri

BRE is launching a competition to identify tools and technologies that can rapidly and accurately measure the heat losses from solid wall homes in the UK. There are over seven million solid wall homes in Great Britain that could benefit from insulation. Insulating these types of homes is one of the

Balfour Beatty has announced that one of its key supply chain partners, A-Plant, has joined The 5 per cent Club, the industry group that was formed to create momentum behind the recruitment of apprentices and graduates into the workforce. A-Plant is Balfour Beatty’s first supply chain partner to d

Plans have been submitted for a slim mirrored skyscraper that – if it goes ahead – will be the tallest building in Europe. The part where things get weird is that it the structure designed by Californian firm Morphosis (headed by Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Thom Mayne) is to be located in

Fiona Hyslop Communities from Aberdeenshire to Argyll and Bute will benefit from over £6.4 million of funding, as part of Historic Scotland’s Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme.

Scottish dairy Graham’s has revealed its plans to build a new £20m dairy, research and training facility in Stirling. The proposal has the potential to bring 450 new jobs to Graham’s heartland.

(from left) Debbie McNamara from hub West Scotland, MSP Margaret Burgess, Councillor Patrick McGlinchey, convener of infrastructure and regeneration, West Dunbartonshire Council’s executive director of infrastructure and regeneration Richard Cairns and Noel Mullen from contractor Heron Bros Work b

Confidence within the Scottish construction industry has reached a new record high, according to the latest Scottish Construction Monitor. The quarterly survey of the membership of the Scottish Building Federation (SBF) found that confidence reached a score of plus 29, an increase of three points on

"The unilateral introduction of a compensation scheme was an act of bad faith by those involved." - Ian Davidson MP A compensation scheme for construction workers launched by eight of the 30 companies involved in blacklisting was introduced in an "act of bad faith", according to the Scottish Affairs

Tackling skills shortages and developing the use of new building techniques have been highlighted as priorities in a new Skills Investment Plan for Scotland’s construction sector released by Skills Development Scotland (SDS). Published today, the new strategy follows consultations with employers,

Building contractor J Smart is confident its annual underlying profits will be in line with last year, after enjoying a jump in first-half earnings. However, the Edinburgh-based group said too many uncertainties remain in play to accurately predict headline profit for the year to the end of July.