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Network Rail has reached an important milestone in its work to strengthen Scotland's railway against extreme weather, investing £130 million in resilience over the last two years.

East Lothian Council has approved plans for a pet crematorium at Boggs Holdings, Pencaitland. The application was for a change of use of agricultural land at 32 Boggs Holdings to form a pet cremation facility and associated works including an above-ground gas tank. Planning permission was granted re

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), Bovis, RNID, Unseen Aware, Safety in Design and Heathrow are collaborating on an initiative aiming to create the first construction-specific deaf awareness and hearing loss training programme. 

The Isle of Skye will reap the benefits from a series of major Highland Council-led infrastructure and service improvement projects currently taking shape on the island. An update on five separate developments, which together represent an investment of close to £50 million, came before Highlan

Homebuilder Cala has promoted Neil Riddell to managing director for its East of Scotland business, which spans Edinburgh, the Lothians, Perth and Kinross, Fife and the Scottish Borders. Neil takes on the role following a successful period as construction director and key board member for Cala's West

Royal Bank of Scotland has provided £82.6 million of funding to support Rosethorn Capital Partners and Eagle Street Partners with the acquisition and repositioning of three purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) assets in Birmingham, Edinburgh and London.

Residents in Braeside Place, Reddingmuirhead, will benefit from a reduced risk of flooding following the completion of improvement works in August.

A multi-million-pound planned maintenance contract is now underway across East Renfrewshire, with 190 residences set to benefit from brand-new kitchens during the first year of the programme. The programme forms part of a long-term investment in East Renfrewshire Council's housing stock, with around

Plans for a shared use path, approximately 9km in length, linking Aviemore and Carrbridge has been granted planning permission by the Cairngorms National Park Planning Committee.

Balfour Beatty has appointed Emma Loxton as chief strategy officer, boosting its group executive committee.  Loxton will join the group from McKinsey & Company, where for over ten years she guided major industrial and infrastructure businesses on strategy, transformation and growth. 

The Scottish Government is to establish a major projects office to accelerate progress on nationally and strategically significant investment and private capital projects. Unveiled by the first minister during his Programme for Government announcement yesterday, the new initiative would unblocking b

Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Scotland Academy has joined forces with Forth Valley College to offer a new Construction and Civil Engineering Skills course, which promises a job sector interview on completion. The new National Progression Award (NPA) - Construction Skills (CECA) wi

Inverclyde Council has entered into a partnership arrangement with the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) and NMIS member West College Scotland to take forward proposals to build a marine engineering centre of excellence at the Inchgreen Dry Dock. The proposed hub could benefit from &p

A new temporary venue dedicated to exploring architecture, design and the built environment will open to the public on 15 September at the Edinburgh Futures Institute in the heart of the city. A&DS:SpACE is a collaborative initiative by Architecture and Design Scotland (A&DS) and Space for A

Data centre operator and cloud provider DataVita has submitted a planning application to North Lanarkshire Council for DV4, a new data centre at Chapelhall.