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An award-winning programme for nursery and primary school children is encouraging young people into construction careers from an early age. Funded by HCI Skills Gateway at Edinburgh Napier University, the West Lothian Woodworking Initiative encourages young pupils into construction through interacti

BE-ST (Built Environment – Smarter Transformation) is to undertake a deep retrofit of Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre and use the opportunity to transform the building into a living demonstrator of best practice in the retrofit of non-domestic buildings.

The New Model Institute for Technology & Engineering (NMITE) has reconfigured its Timber Technology Engineering Design (TED) courses into specialised, concise programmes tailored for professionals within the UK's built environment sector.

Scotland’s first eco construction training centre is teaching students key skills to deliver net zero targets. Constructed by McTaggart Construction, the newly opened state-of-the-art facility at West Lothian College supports sustainable construction and energy efficiencies. It will provide tr

A team of students from Edinburgh Napier University have returned home after completing a world-first construction project in China – based around sustainable bamboo building material. The first bamboo-timber composite grid shell structure of its kind has been built in Guangxi, with the help o

Transforming Timber - a knowledge library designed to promote the use of homegrown timber in the UK built environment - launched earlier this month.

Architecture firm EMA has engaged with Edinburgh Napier University to provide a workshop to final year students on Design Procedures and Management.

A new catalogue of net zero carbon building designs could provide a significant boost to Scotland’s affordable housing sector, as part of a standardised approach for local authorities and housing associations to adopt across a range of future developments. The energy-efficient design and perfo

A consortium of experts in timber construction and engineering is exploring ways to boost the use of English hardwood forest products across the built environment, in a move which could significantly improve the carbon footprint of the UK’s buildings and support diverse woodland ecosystems. Th

Supply chain body Timber Development UK (TDUK) has signed a strategic partnership with Edinburgh Napier University and the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) to improve knowledge and skills in timber design and construction.

A planning application for the new Mountain Bike Innovation Centre in Innerleithen has been submitted by South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE).

Commercial property company HFD has sold an industrial building at Hamilton International Park in a deal valued at around £2.5 million.

Wheatley Group has joined forces with a panel of world-leading environmental experts to support its journey to net zero. A panel with renowned national and international academics and thought-leaders has been set up to support its sustainability plans and help meet the Scottish Government’s re

Training is the number one barrier to achieving net zero across the construction sector, a report commissioned by Housing, Construction & Infrastructure (HCI) Skills Gateway has highlighted.

The administration of a £1 million research budget focused on developing international best practice in the built environment for healthcare has been awarded by NHS Scotland Assure to Edinburgh Napier University.