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A contractor is currently being sought to conduct the design and construction phases of a £17 million redevelopment of a Caithness harbour Scrabster Harbour Trust hopes to create dozens of jobs as a result of its investment into St Ola Pier in Thurso.

A woman who sued public works contractors after she fell while excavation works were ongoing outside her home has won her appeal for damages. Diane Raybould, 59, who has medical problems and requires a walking aid, raised an action for damages for personal injury against T & N Gilmartin, wh

The UK’s construction union Unite has launched a campaign to ensure that female workers in the sector can have period dignity in the workplace with a site in Glasgow the first to sign up. The campaign follows a survey of the union’s women construction members which found that a lack of f

Councillor Donnie MacMillan BEM cut the turf to start Argyll Community Housing Association’s new build development in the village of Kilmartin in Mid Argyll. The development of four two bedroom semi-detached homes will be built by local firm MacLeod Construction of Lochgilphead and will take a

Plans for the creation of a five-star dog hotel outside an Aberdeenshire village have received the green light. The Mormond Dog Hotel and Spa project will be built within the grounds of an existing home near Memsie.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Grampian (Southern) Housing Society Limited

Housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel has announced a significant new appointment as homes director Joanne Casey takes on the newly created role of managing director of its Homes England division. The appointment makes her the first woman MD in the history of Mactaggart & Mickel, and follows a de

Fresh plans by Grampian Housing Association to deliver affordable homes on the site of a former Deeside school have been lodged. The Association purchased this site with the desire to rejuvenate the C-listed Old School site in Ballater and provide 24 much-needed affordable homes.

Glasgow City Council has approved plans to build 186 affordable homes on the former site of a bus depot in Govanhill. Designed by Mast Architects on behalf of Link Group and Park Lane Larkfield SPV, the project will see 24 one-bedroom flats, 128 two-bedroom flats, 30 three-bedroom houses and four tw

Springfield Properties has submitted a planning application for an additional 139 homes its existing site in Edinburgh. The housebuilder has submitted plans to extend the site at The Wisp. The application for an additional 104 private two-bedroom apartments and 35 affordable apartments has been subm

One of the UK’s biggest housing-linked infrastructure projects is to be delivered in Winchburgh after a deal was struck between a new joint venture, the Scottish Government and West Lothian Council. Winchburgh Developments Limited (WDL), a newly-created joint venture between private equity par

City Gate Construction (CGC) has got 2019 off to a flying start by revealing it has an £11.6 million order book. The healthy beginning to the new year comes on the back of an impressive year of success in 2018.

Hyundai Construction Equipment has appointed Agritrac Exports as its first “full line” equipment dealer for Scotland. Agritrac, which is part of agricultural machinery supplier HRN Tractors, boasts seven depots across the Scottish region and employs 35 service technicians to support its

SME firms in Northern Ireland’s construction industry have heaped praise on the country’s project bank account (PBA) initiative. Driven by Construction and Procurement Delivery (CPD), the procurement authority in Northern Ireland, the PBAs lead to shorter payment times and ensure that pa

The Scottish Government must explore other avenues for housing development across all tenures if it is to reach its targets for new homes, the Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has warned. While describing its 50,000 social homes target by 2021 as “commendable”, the profess