A series of poignant messages carved into woodwork by workmen building a stately home more than 170 years ago have now been unveiled. The Telegraph reports that workers at Chatsworth House in Devonshire ‘scrawled messages such as “down with the Tory rascals” in protest at the bitter hardships
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Our popular "And finally..." section typically bring you the lighter side of life in construction, but today we take an historical look at the darker side of the industry.
Plans for a landmark country and heritage park at the centre of a proposed new housing, retail and business development off the M8 corridor have been submitted to North Lanarkshire Council.
18 affordable homes delivered in Lochee
The first stage of a public consultation on the furute of Glasgow's famous Argyle Street retail, residential and business thoroughfare gets underway this weekend.
Bancon Homes has announced plans to launch a new neighbourhood of family homes - Kinion Place, which will create an exclusive community of 100 homes on the outskirts of Aberdeen.
The new Queensferry High School project has reached an important milestone as financial close was achieved yesterday clearing the way for main construction works to begin, with the school due to be completed by Spring 2020.
A new report produced by an influential think-tank has called for residents to be invited to help design new houses in their neighbourhoods in order to tackle ‘nimbyism’ and increase building rates.
Road maintenance work scheduled to be undertaken on the A827 at Cultullich Bridge in Perth and Kinross will now be carried out in 2019, the council has revealed. The local authority said the decision to delays the works to the east of Aberfeldy will allow more time to take in community feedback and
Network Rail has started searching for firms and suppliers to deliver up to £5 billion of railway track works over the next 10 years. A Contract Notice has been issued in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), signalling the start of the tender process for contracts in line with Networ
A specialist cleaning contractor has been fined £120,000 after a 17-year-old worker was seriously injured at the company's premises in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. Denholm MacNamee Limited, which provides support services to the oil, gas and utilities industries, was prosecuted after admitting safety
Plans have been unveiled to create a new £56 million medical manufacturing facility in Renfrewshire. The Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (MMIC) will be built at the advanced manufacturing innovation district next to Glasgow Airport, offering pharmaceutical companies from start-ups to mul
A social housing development in Leith scooped the prestigious Saltire medal and the top housing design award at the 2018 Saltire Society Housing Design Awards in Edinburgh.
The inaugural Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) Awards are taking place on Wednesday 3rd October at the historic Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow, with nominations now open and closing on Friday 31st August.
The view of the building from Bedford Road Plans for a new £35 million Science Teaching Hub at the University of Aberdeen have been given planning permission.


