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The Pilkington Trust and Stewart Milne Group have said they are pleased after the Scottish Government Reporter upheld their appeal in the case of their residential development at Almond Valley in Perth. The ruling has cleared the way for work to begin on the site where up to 1,300 new homes, a new p

Pete Redfern Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey said it expects to increase its full-year operating profit margin as demand failed to dampen in light of uncertainty surrounding the Brexit vote.

CCI Scotland director Niall McShannon (left) and contracts manager Dougie Smith at Langloch Farm in Lanark A Lanark-based construction firm which directs its profits into charitable causes is on track to double its turnover after securing a major contract.

A derelict piece of land in North Sighthill is to be completely transformed after the City of Edinburgh Council finalised contracts with Keepmoat for a £35 million regeneration scheme that will also provide investment in the wider community. Work is due to start on site in February 2017 and will co

The University of St Andrews’ strategic aim to become the UK’s first carbon neutral university for energy usage took a major step forward today when the biomass plant at the Eden Campus at Guardbridge was officially commissioned. The £25 million plant on the east side of the former paper mill s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r8QX35ty9E A group of construction unearthed a deadly surprise while digging up a cesspit, the Daily Star has reported.

Mark Allard Mark Allard, the new managing director of steel works and heavy engineering specialists Watson Towers Ltd, has marked his first four weeks in the job by securing £500,000 worth of orders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_3qArx1zaM A gang of railway workers has recorded a truly awful version of Away in a Manger in a bid for musical fame.

A beam being installed by AWPR workers on North Deeside Road Former First Minister Alex Salmond has praised the efforts of Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/ Balmedie to Tipperty project contractors after it was announced that they had raised almost £40,000 in two years for local charitable causes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=whsi5qcefTc Dixons Contractors has completed the multi-million pound Academy of Sport and Wellbeing at Perth College UHI in time for the 2016/2017 academic year.

David Melhuish The Scottish Property Federation (SPF) has welcomed the latest planning report as a major turning point for local authority planning services around the country.

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has issued an upbeat trading statement following a strong 2016 for the firm. Ahead of publishing its full results for 2016 at the end of next month, Taylor Wimpey said its expected earnings before interest, tax and amortisation (EBITA) will be in the region of £750 millio

It was a video of a Toronto man dancing while on a construction job, shared among family and friends on Facebook, that instead quickly spread like wildfire to reach tens of millions people worldwide… and even got Hollywood’s attention. The man at the centre of it all is Tony Restivo. He can be s

Scotland Works, a new exhibition designed to support Scotland’s industrial, commercial and public sectors in running safe and efficient businesses and organisations, is taking place at the SEC, Glasgow on 3 – 4 May 2017. Set to become an annual fixture, Scotland Works, which incorporates the est

Newly qualified joinery apprentices (centre from left) Ryan Laurie, David McCormick and Anton Murray with site manager Iain Alexander (far left) and their mentor Johnny McKerr (far right) Taylor Wimpey West Scotland is supporting Skills Development Scotland’s Scottish Apprenticeship Week by highli