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Scotland’s most outstanding workplaces have been announced, with British Council for Offices (BCO) Awards going to five office buildings across the country. Held on Friday 12 May at Glasgow’s Grand Central Hotel, the BCO’s annual Scottish Awards Lunch recognised projects that demon

Members of The Highland Council have received a further update on the current outline business case (OBC) stage of the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport process and the role of council officers and elected members.

Thomas & Adamson senior partner Alastair Wallace has called for a "rapid response" attitude to mental health issues in the construction industry. With mental health an increasing concern for employers, and recent figures showing a rise in suicide among building staff, Alastair Wallace believes t

Lochmaben-based pitched roof tile manufacturer Russell Roof Tiles (RRT) hosted another successful Golf Day recently to raise vital funds for its charity initiative, Give4Good.

Discussions and lessons learned from a recent Action on Site Health (AOSH) event have been shared by the RVT Group.

The JR Group has donated £2,000 to support Street Soccer Scotland as part of an ongoing sponsorship of the group’s Scottish Mental Health and Wellbeing League.

Collaboration and innovation are key to improving the UK’s road network, according to a report published by WJ Group identified several areas of concern for motorists on local road networks.

Armstrong Gardens and Landscapes, an Edinburgh-based garden design and build specialist, has bounced back from the pandemic to report a record turnover of more than £1 million. The firm’s latest set of financial results to the year end 30 July 2022, shows a turnover of £1.2m, more

Plans to transform the Western Isles into a world-leading hub for clean energy production are to take a leap forward with the support of a match-funded grant from the Scottish Government’s Hydrogen Innovation Scheme’s Emerging Energy Technologies Fund, worth £1.129 million. In a ma

A construction and telecommunication company has been fined £550,000 after an employee fell from a stepladder and was impaled on metal piping. The company was also ordered to pay the deceased’s family £200,000 in compensation.

The Highland Council has issued an update to its education stakeholders regarding the school estate capital investment programme. The council agreed in December 2022 that a complete review of the current capital investment programme was necessary, due to significant inflationary cost increases being

Multi-million-pound investment plans to benefit council homes, tenants and communities across the area were approved at North Lanarkshire Council's recent Housing Committee.

GS Brown Construction has proposed building 50 homes in an area of Inchture where previous plans for homes have drawn numerous objections.

Cupar’s former community services building could be converted into council housing if Fife Council approves the plans.

The University of St Andrews has resubmitted multi-million-pound plans for a major new student residence on the site of Albany Park. Working with its partner Campus Living Villages (CLV), the university has revised the design to increase the number of student beds the development would provide