THE Construction Quality Improvement Collaborative (CQIC) has published a new report calling for a fundamental change in how Contractor Design Portions (CDPs) are used across Scotland’s construction ...

A new report has highlighted the ‘pivotal’ role of Scotland’s construction industry in delivering social impact through public sector projects over the past decade. In its report, Delivering Social ...

AN award-winning Dumfries apprentice stonemason is urging locals to help protect Scotland’s heritage as new stonemasonry apprenticeship opportunities open. Kody Burns was named Historic Environment ...

THE UK Government has unveiled what it says is the ‘largest set of reforms in over a generation’ as it looks to ensure small businesses are paid on time. The Small Business Commissioner will be given ...

CALEDONIAN Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) has announced the appointment of McLaughlin & Harvey to lead construction work on the £107 million upgrade of Port Ellen Ferry Terminal and marshalling area.

SCOTLAND’S busiest railway station being forced into closure due to Glasgow’s Union Street fire has allowed a projected 10 months worth of engineering works to be delivered in just 10 days. Glasgow ...

SITKA spruce grown for commercial timber production on the Cowal peninsula has come full circle, returning as the material for Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) Glenbranter office extension. FLS ...

ALL platforms at Glasgow Central are to reopen on Wednesday (March 25) following the Union Street fire, Network Rail has announced. An exclusion zone had been in place across much of the high-level ...

MARK Glasgow, founder of the Edinburgh Boiler Company (EBC) and the Energy Training Academy (ETA), has launched an AI platform which he believes will transform the way construction companies are run.

CAMPION Homes has appointed Billy Bald to the role of commercial director. The move comes ahead of retirements later this year of long-standing employees Alan Chalmers, commercial director and Ali ...

NEW research has revealed that 90% of mid-level women are feeling optimistic about their future in the built environment. Data from almost 220 applications to The Circle Partnership’s Circle Academy ...

A new devolved tax is to be launched by the Scottish Government aimed at promoting circular construction practices. The Scottish Aggregates Tax will replace the UK Aggregates Levy from 1 April 2026 in ...