The Scottish government has secured powers from Westminster to introduce a tax to fix unsafe cladding in the country.

Problems with current Scottish government funding schemes are obstructing large-scale energy retrofit projects for social housing, a new report by the CIOB shows.

CIOB has welcomed new legislation in Scotland that gives powers to ministers to assess and remediate buildings with unsafe cladding where owners do not provide consent.

The main span of Glasgow’s Govan-Partick Bridge was lifted and put in place this week by Farrans Construction, the main contractor leading the project.

BAM has started work on a new £36m ultra-low energy swimming pool and leisure centre, the first of its kind in Scotland.

Construction sector experts met with MSPs last week at Holyrood to discuss the urgent need for coordinated retrofitting plans for Scotland’s draughty homes and how to address skilled worker shortages.

Paul McLennan has been appointed Scotland’s first housing minister as part of first minister Humza Yousaf’s new cabinet.

A new pedestrian and cycle bridge has opened in Glasgow featuring the largest use of 3D concrete printing in the UK.

A whisky distillery in Scotland will be the first to trial a new limewash for building surfaces that uses bacteria to self-repair and protect against erosion.

CIOB has added its support to a charter by Scotland’s Construction Quality Improvement Collaborative that prioritises quality in construction.

CIOB Scotland is staging its first Awards event on 16 September at DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow.

The construction sector in Scotland has today entered the first phase of its restart plan following the coronavirus lockdown. Phase one of Scotland’s six-phase restart plan involves pre-start site preparation.…