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Donald MacDonald Ogilvie Construction has started work on a £24 million project to build two new student housing buildings for Ziggurat Student Living in central Edinburgh.

(left to right): Roddy Macdonald, Sanctuary head of development – Scotland, with GHA chairman Gordon Sloan and Calum Murray, director – CCG (Scotland) Ltd Glasgow based construction company CCG has been recognised at the prestigious Herald Property Awards for Scotland for the second year running

Plans for an innovative, ground-breaking replacement building for Waid Academy in Anstruther have been unveiled following the £330 million Scottish Government investment into expanded Scotland’s Schools for the Future programme.

Gordon Nelson Small and medium construction businesses in Scotland suffered in the run-up to the independence referendum vote, research from the Federation of Master Builders has shown.

Sarah Speirs High levels of private and public housing and private commercial activity has helped create the highest construction workload recorded since 2007, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Over 200 new subscribers have signed up for the free daily Scottish Construction Now newsletter since the launch of its new website and revamped newsletter last month. There has also been a sharp rise in website visitors and twitter followers. SCN editor Kieran Findlay said: “The new SCN website i

M & K MacLeod has noted an improvement in the market for housebuilding but warned that confidence remains fragile among construction firms. In the latest accounts for the privately owned construction company, which operates throughout Argyll and the Islands, directors said the Scottish Governmen

Vital ground investigations got underway today as part of the A90 Haudagain Improvement scheme.

Construction industry workers have seen their pay levels increase at twice the UK average over recent months, according to a new study. Research from the Hays recruitment firm shows that some building professionals have benefited from wage rises of more than 10 per cent over the last 12 months.

The Glasgow Institute of Architects has revealed the winners of a design competition for a new gathering space and history resource at Springburn Winter Garden.

A wealthy accountant who built a leisure centre the size of four tennis courts in his back garden without planning permission could be forced to pull it down. Graham Wildin's extension has a two-lane bowling alley, 16-seat cinema, squash courts, a private casino and a bar.

Derek MacKay The tender to manage and maintain the Forth Road Bridge and the new Queensferry Crossing is to be awarded to Amey LG Ltd.

Apprenticeship schemes are on course to provide a £34 billion boost to the wider British economy this year, according to a new piece of analysis. Breaking this figure down, the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) said that apprenticeships could make an annual contribution of £31 bill

Dundee has become the first UNESCO City of Design in the UK, a prestigious award that recognises the huge contribution the city has made to design worldwide.

A joiner who suffered a head injury and a broken wrist in a fall at work has been awarded more than £45,000 damages despite the fact he could not remember the accident and there being no witnesses. Derek Smith sued his employers Muir Construction alleging common law negligence and breaches of vario