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Murdo MacLeod, who co-founded MacLeod Construction with his twin brother Kenny in 1975, has died aged 70. Mr MacLeod died at his Achnaba home on Wednesday November 29.

Clark Contracts is holding a free SME Advice Event at Saltcoats Town Hall on Thursday 25th January between 9.30am and 12pm. Small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s) are invited to this event for free advice from leading construction contractor, Clark Contracts.

Dane Ralston, director at iOpt Assets An internet of things (IoT) initiative underway in Renfrewshire is helping to tackle fuel poverty in social housing and could save local authorities millions of pounds on property management and repair bills.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched a global competition calling on young people to come up with new ideas to find the best solutions to help Glasgow tackle its high levels of homelessness. Glasgow, Manchester and London are among 24 global cities chosen for the competit

Queensferry Crossing from Port Edgar Maria. Image reproduced courtesy of Transport Scotland Queensferry Crossing to become motorway next month

A trial is being developed to finally paint the Forth Road Bridge’s main truss deck in its entirety for the first time since it was finished in 1964, Transport Scotland has revealed. The work, which has previously been estimated at costing around £65 million, is expected to take more than 10 year

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Plans have been unveiled for a major facelift of the UK’s highest restaurant. The Ptarmigan is situated 1,097m (3,599ft) up Cairn Gorm mountain in near Aviemore in the Cairngorms.

Confidence and workloads for small builders in Scotland took a sharp downward turn towards the end of 2017 amid continuing skills shortages in the sector, according to the Federation of Master Builders in Scotland (FMB Scotland). Key results from the FMB’s latest State of Trade Survey found that t

Alan Dunlop One of Scotland’s leading architects has claimed that a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland is not only “feasible” but could create a “Celtic powerhouse” and cost a fraction of the one proposed by Boris Johnson between England and France.

FSB national chairman, Mike Cherry A long-running call by the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group (SEC Group) for the use of project bank accounts is now being backed by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

The Scottish Government will decide the fate of proposals for 159 new homes on the outskirts of Perth following concerns over the development’s transport links. Councillors were poised to approve the Oudenarde development last week at a meeting of Perth and Kinross Council’s planning and develop

Michael Conroy In light of the recent woes brought on in part by delays in high risk construction projects, Harper Macleod's head of construction, Michael Conroy, compares the Scots and English law positions in relation to 'concurrent delays' and suggests practical steps to be taken by parties to co

Two brownfield sites in Cumbernauld will soon be reclaimed and regenerated into new affordable housing developments, providing new family homes and opportunities for local people as part of an £11.7 million investment from Sanctuary Homes. ENGIE has been appointed to deliver the construction works

Plans for Picardy Place were unveiled back in September A new landscaped public space would be created in Edinburgh’s east end under revised plans going before councillors.