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As the government continues to push the construction industry to move more of the building process off-site and into factories, Roddy Cormack, construction specialist at law firm Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, explores a conundrum which must be solved if the industry is to thrive in this area

Construction trade associations SELECT and the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) have held talks to discuss common key strategies and priorities and how they plan to continue their close collaboration to help build a brighter future for the UK’s post-COVID electrotechni

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has become the first trade body to adopt a new industry agreed prequalification standard that promises to cut expensive and time-consuming ‘red tape’ for contractors. The new Common Assessment Standard, developed by Build UK and endors

A new £1.85 million development of Perth & Kinross Council homes has been completed at Ardler Road in Meigle. The 12 new homes for affordable rent have been built to the highest standard. All windows and doors are double-glazed with an energy rating of A+ and they are well insulated to kee

Offices and other buildings within London's Square Mile left vacant due to the coronavirus pandemic could be repurposed into 1,500 new homes by 2030 under plans unveiled by the City of London Corporation.

Construction materials provider Saint-Gobain has committed to supporting the construction of more high-quality homes for care leavers as well as further construction training for young people through the renewal of its charity alliance with Barnardo’s.

Under One Roof has appointed Mike Heffron as its new chief executive. Following the registration last year of Under One Roof as a charitable organisation, Under One Roof now has a full-time employee who will be responsible for phase two of its long-term plan to expand the support it gives to tenemen

Property maintenance firm Bell Group has announced a commitment to recruit and train a further 500 apprentices over the next five years following the award of several large long-term contracts with clients across the country.

A new image of the world’s first and only rotating boat lift, the Falkirk Wheel, is to feature on the new Bank of Scotland polymer £50 note, which will enter circulation on July 1. Visible on the reverse, the famous Falkirk structure will be joined by an image of the shape-shif

Urbanite (Glasgow) Ltd has received permission to build a student accommodation block on a gap site beside the High Court in Glasgow.

The Highland Council has today granted approval for a planning application that will see the transformation of Inverness Castle to become a tourism gateway for the region. The application covered the works necessary to restore the Category A Listed building and convert it for use as a new visit

Glasgow's Hilton Garden Inn is in line for an external makeover to improve the fire safety and appearance of the property nestled beside the Finnieston Crane and the Scottish Events Campus.

Plans have been submitted to preserve a historic brewery complex in Edinburgh into homes and commercial units. Developers KLN Properties, which is operated by Edinburgh duo Karen and Robert Tait, have already secured planning permission in principle to redevelop the former Drybrough Brewery site on

Plans have been submitted to build a processing facility for ash generated by a new incinerator on land at Cairnrobin, Old Stonehaven Road, Aberdeenshire.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a case study into the lessons learned from its investigation into two of the UK’s largest suppliers of rolled lead, who broke competition law by taking part in a business cartel.