City Building

Construction firm City Building is leading the charge on reducing the construction industry’s carbon emissions by upskilling its workforce on renewable and sustainable building technologies. The company, a 50/50 joint venture between Glasgow City Council and Wheatley Group, has been suppo

Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries (RSBi), part of the Glasgow City Council-owned City Building group, has completed bespoke kitchens, bathroom furniture and wardrobes for the flagship Buchanan Wharf built-to-rent (BTR) development.

Scotland’s skills and training minister visited City Building yesterday to present the Glasgow business with a historic accolade for developing its young workforce. City Building is the first ever construction firm, and only the fourth business in Scotland, to achieve the Investor in Young Peo

City Building has achieved a major milestone in its ambitious project to deliver a new, green training college for its apprentices. The building, which is set to be completed this summer, has now installed 69 solar photovoltaic panels on its roof, which will enable it to significantly reduce it

To mark International Women’s Day, City Building worker Amy Kenna has reflected on her time within the construction industry and shares her experience as a woman in a traditionally male-dominated field. Amy, aged 27, joined the construction firm as an adult admin apprentice in 2013 after learn

In celebration of Scottish Apprenticeship Week, City Building has launched its apprenticeship application process for 2022. Easterhouse-born Steven Cochrane, 17, reflects on his decision to join City Building and encourages his peers to consider an apprenticeship.

City Building has met its match in Drumchapel United Ladies Football Club as both organisations outline their hopes to inspire young girls in the local community. Boasting three members of Drumchapel United within its workforce; Roberta Kinnon, Marie Dabek and Rachel Kerr; the construction firm has

City Building has launched a new working group set up to encourage more women into leadership roles within the construction sector. Gender Equality in the Workplace will focus on creating a pathway into leadership for female employees across the business.

Glasgow construction firm City Building has won a £1 million contract with East Renfrewshire Council that will secure employment for more than 150 staff with a disability or learning difference.

Glasgow-based City Building was joined by Lord Provost Philip Braat to celebrate a whopping £20,000 raised by the construction firm and its supply chain in 2021.

Construction firm City Building began work onsite at a primary school in the north of Glasgow, as employees picked up their tools to rebuild a beloved outdoor learning classroom. Following a fire in January 2020, pupils at Wallacewell Primary School in Robroyston were left devastated after their new

Prince Charles has praised Glasgow construction firm City Building for its work in developing a new generation of construction workers.

Sixteen City Building construction workers have enrolled as graduate apprentices as part of plans to secure the Glasgow firm’s next generation of senior management. The group – 80% of whom started out as trades apprentices – are undertaking a BA (Hons) Business Management at Glasgo

Dundee’s Dovetail Enterprises and Glasgow’s City Building have been awarded contracts totalling £2 million to support the set-up of Social Security Scotland offices in their respective cities.

Glasgow construction firm City Building has announced the addition of three new quantity surveyors after two former apprentice joiners and a former apprentice plumber graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University. Karen Morton, Mark McColgan and Christopher McCunnie each joined City Building as appre