Glasgow Caledonian University

Glasgow Caledonian University engineering students, with the help of primary school children, have designed and manufactured the world's first mobile luge ramp.

Funding has been secured to allow researchers to calculate the “true cost” of waste on Scottish construction sites in a bid to get contractors to change working practices.

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

Researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) are to create a video game that will educate the construction industry on new weather-based insurance policies. Construction projects can be halted by heavy rain or high winds, which can lead to costly delays. There are new ‘smart policies' on

Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) is to lend its expertise to an Ayrshire-based engineering company in a bid to address a sector-wide skills shortage. GCU researchers will work with Precision Tooling Services Ltd (PTS) as part of a £211,000 Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) to increase it

Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) will receive a share of almost one million euros to help Sri Lanka address workforce shortages in renewable energy skills and meet its ambitious targets.

The regeneration of canals and rivers in cities around the world can lead to a decrease in mortality rates in surrounding locations and reducing the gap between deprived and affluent communities, according to new research. In a global first, the study led by Glasgow Caledonian University in partners

Glasgow City Council has enlisted Austin-Smith:Lord to lead a multi-disciplinary team of local and international consultants to prepare pioneering planning frameworks for the future of four city centre districts.

Digital apps can help construction project designers create safer buildings by improving their knowledge of hazards during the design phase, new research has shown. Research funded by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), and conducted by researchers from Glasgow Caledonian Unive

Advance Construction Scotland has extended its congratulations to three of its employees who graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University with degrees in Quantity Surveying.

Three Clark Contracts employees have graduated this month with BSc Honours degree’s from Glasgow Caledonian University’s School of Engineering and the Built Environment.

A total of 11 construction management and quantity surveying students are completing work experience placements at Clark Contracts.

A fire-safety expert is to lead the first comprehensive study into the risk historic buildings face from fire with the hope of saving more of Scotland’s heritage from being lost. Retired firefighter Henry Landis believes listed properties are up to three times more likely to be affected by fir

More people will gain access to engineering and construction education after Glasgow Caledonian University secured £5.4 million to become one of Scotland's largest providers of Graduate Apprenticeships. The funding award, from Skills Development Scotland (SDS), will allow the University to off

Housebuilder and offsite manufacturer the Stewart Milne Group has teamed up with the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) and Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) to better understand and measure current site productivity, downtime and waste. CSIC and GCU also have a longer term ambition of