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The Scottish government’s initiatives to tackle late payments have not yet had any major success in helping SMEs, a new survey has found....

The construction industry has been given a cautionary reminder that new rules on paying their suppliers on time come into force in September....

The chief inspector of rail accidents appears to be losing patience with Network Rail and its construction contractors. But industry structures conspire against him. Phil Bishop reports...

Councillors in Edinburgh have given the go-ahead for a development of 655 new homes....

Amey’s team working on the Forth bridges in Scotland is carrying out trials of a robotic ‘exosuit’ designed to make it easier to lift objects on site....

After plans for a tidal lagoon were scotched by lack of government support, Swansea Council has come back with even bigger ideas for the bay....

While the government is in turmoil and economic uncertainty surrounds the UK economy, domestic suppliers to the construction industry seem to be coping just fine....

Gillian Charlesworth has started work as the new chief executive of the Building Research Establishment....

British Steel collapsed into insolvency yesterday and while some are blaming Brexit and the economic uncertainty that has followed, one of its customers says the real fault lies with the...

Yorkshire’s Triton Construction has recruited Paul Clarkson to be its new managing director....