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Construction union Unite is stepping up its search for information into the possible collusion by trade union officials into the blacklisting of construction workers.

CITB is to invest more than £250 million across Britain to support construction across three core priorities, according to its newly published Business Plan. A front-runner in the plan for 2023-24 is the Industry Impact Fund, which launches today and invites CITB-registered employers to a

Several new members have been added to Scotland’s Just Transition Commission bringing expert knowledge of the big changes underway to reduce carbon emissions in Scotland’s transport system, buildings, construction industry, land use, and farming. The independent expert advisory grou

Glasgow-based construction firm City Building has opened applications for the 2023 intake of its award-winning apprenticeship programme. City Building is one of Scotland’s largest employers of apprentices, with over 250 currently supported within the firm. In 2022, the firm achieved the Invest

Commercial property company HFD has acquired 4 Bell Drive — an industrial building at Hamilton International Park — in a deal valued at £4.5 million.

Cala Homes (North) has begun work on a new development of homes at Burnland, Westhill.

Ocean Kinetics, a Scottish engineering firm celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, has secured several new contracts and plans to recruit apprentices, trainees, and skilled tradespeople in 2023. With offices in Lerwick, Aberdeen and Oban, the company provides engineering services to the marine,

Fast-growing archaeology & heritage consultancy Rocket Heritage & Archaeology has unveiled the appointment of Dr Peter Klemen as principal archaeology consultant for Scotland. Dr Klemen will be based at the group’s newly opened Dundee office. He brings with him over 20 years’ exp

Housing Growth Partnership and PfP Capital have announced a £390 million joint venture (JV) which will see 400 sustainable new homes built at a former Diageo distillery in Glasgow.

In addition to Cala Group’s existing target of net-zero operational emissions by 2030, the housebuilder has now received validation as part of Legal & General from the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) for its target of a 42% absolute reduction in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emi

Glasgow City Council has approved in principle the recommencement of negotiations on the off-market disposal of the former Davislea care home in Drumoyne to Linthouse Housing Association. Subject to the site proving viable after a feasibility study is carried out, the disposal will allow new af

Cruden Homes has started working to deliver more than 120 homes in the heart of East Calder in West Lothian.

Six new flats in a courtyard behind Buccleuch Street in Dalkeith, part of an ambitious energy-efficient council housing programme, are expected to be welcoming their new council tenants in the autumn.

Dandara East Scotland is launching specially designed ‘hedgehog highways’ at its Eskbank Gardens development in Eskbank, near Dalkeith.

Cyclists can now park their bikes underneath Amsterdam's famous canals following the completion of an impressive underwater bicycle park.