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A special celebration cake marking the success of the Galston’s conservation initiative City Gate Construction (CGC) has praised an Ayrshire town’s effort to transform its appearance and recapture its historic appeal.

(from left) Nigel Munro (Henry Boot Developments), Cllr Jenny Laing (co-leader of Aberdeen City Council), Nick Waight (managing director at AECC) at the main entrance of the new venue Name announced for Aberdeen’s new £333m event venue

Scotland needs its own answer to the Angel of the North to revive Edinburgh’s neglected waterfront, according to a local businessman. Speaking in The Scotsman, Eddie Tait said he is forming a taskforce of MSPs and councillors to take forward his vision of transforming “Scotland’s Bondi Beach�

A detailed five-year overview of skills, demand and supply from across Scotland’s construction sector has been produced thanks to new research from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) that gives an unprecedented level of detail about the industry. In what is the most wide-ranging regio

Kier Group has revealed plans to dispose of non-core operations as part of an efficiency and streamlining programme. Launched last month, the Future Proofing Kier initiative will see the group focus on three key market positions, infrastructure services, buildings and developments & housing.

Extended discussions and negotiations between Dundee planning officials and a local architect have led to plans for a new £6 million flagship building for Dundee city centre. Designed to take account of a neighbouring listed building, the apartment block in the Marketgait will contain 43 flats

Allan Callaghan There are signs for optimism in the new construction data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), despite a third consecutive three-month on three-month decline in output.

Bruce Forbes By Bruce Forbes, director of Angus Housing Association

Robin Presswood Dundee City Council has announced the appointment of Robin Presswood as its new executive director of city development.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Edinburgh Steiner School.

Another north-east construction firm has ceased trading with the loss of all 19 jobs. Anderson Construction (Aberdeen) has been placed in provisional liquidation after stating that ongoing trading was “unsustainable”.

A multi-million funding deal has been agreed to support the delivery of a new student accommodation development in Glasgow. The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) is to offer the state-of-the-art project in Dunblane Street designed specifically for performing arts students thanks to funding from

The owner of Waverley Mall in Edinburgh has submitted redevelopment proposals to revitalise the mall to “maximise” its retail and leisure potential. Asset manager Moorgarth Group said the plans include redeveloping the existing roof space to create a new market-style piazza, with the aim of crea

Councillor Mulvaney at the Queen's Hall with Live Argyll business operations manager Pat McCann Contractors working on the £12 million Dunoon Queen’s Hall project have completed their official handover of the building to Argyll and Bute Council.

Amy Entwistle Following the transfer of the Island of Ulva to the North West Mull Community Woodland Company, Amy Entwistle looks at the right to force the sale of abandoned, neglected or detrimental land.