2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (564+ words) Advance Construction has hailed its inaugural Advance Construction Experience as a huge success after more than 36,000 people attended the free, family-focused event at Glasgow’s Riverside Museum over the weekend of 8 and 9 August. Created to showcase the construction and civil engineering…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (677+ words) Scottish Construction Now, in partnership with sponsor HF Group, recently brought together senior leaders from across the country’s construction sector for a candid roundtable on one of the industry’s toughest challenges: strategic leadership. Those in attendance at the event hosted…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (338+ words) East Lothian Council has published officer assessments of a list of potential development sites as it looks to identify land for 6,650 houses during the period of the next Local Development Plan (LDP2). The move is an interim stage in the LDP2 preparation…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (409+ words) Former teachers, award-winning waiters and a mother of two are among the Scots from all walks of life who are swapping their old careers for a future in construction as Persimmon Homes recruits a record 50 apprentices to help tackle the…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (475+ words) Robert Ogg, managing director of Akela Construction and board member at CECA Scotland, shares what he believes needs to happen in Scotland to help close the skills gap in the construction sector. Across the border, political debate has been ignited…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (515+ words) While the construction industry has spent the last decade improving its ability to specify sustainable buildings, Ewan MacGregor, managing director at Helica, believes it has been slower to reckon with a harder question: how much of what is specified gets…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (307+ words) Any UK built environment strategy must address deep systematic failures relating to competence, compliance, accountability and professional competence, the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has said. The UK Government is currently consulting on its forthcoming strategy for industry…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (275+ words) House prices in Scotland have continued rising, according to the balance of respondents to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey, however, only marginally so. A net balance of five per cent of respondents in Scotland…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (251+ words) Keepmoat is to increase the delivery of homes at one of the largest regeneration projects in the UK following a strategic re-plan and planning approval from Glasgow City Council. An additional 330 homes at the housebuilder’s flagship NorthBridge development will bring…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (536+ words) Aurora Energy Services CEO Doug Duguid (standing) with Kane Winton Aurora Energy Services has appointed Kane Winton to the newly created role of managing director of Integrated Services as the Inverness-headquartered company restructures its operations to meet growing demand across…...