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Councillors have approved plans for 19 new homes in St Combs, Aberdeenshire.

The director of a building company has been jailed for ten months after an excavator bucket he was operating killed an employee in Blantyre. Robert Harvey, sole director and employee of Front Row Builders Ltd, was sentenced after Nicholas Hall was crushed to death by an excavator bucket which Harvey

The construction of a new pharmacy in Galashiels ground to a halt last week after medical syringes were found to have been planted around the site.

Cemex UK Operations Limited has been fined £1 million after a worker suffered fatal injuries when he was struck on the body by a centering machine lifting mast in West Calder.

Housebuilder Barratt Developments has moved to reassure investors it has the “resilience and flexibility” required to deal with the potential effects of Brexit.  Issuing a trading update for the 15-week period from 1 July to 13 October yesterday, the FTSE 100 developer said it compl

Instances of ‘critical’ financial distress in Scotland’s construction sector increased by 30% during the third quarter of 2019 compared to the previous quarter, according to the latest Red Flag Alert data from insolvency specialist Begbies Traynor. Monitoring the UK’s fi

MAST Architects has unveiled Paul Lessing as its latest recruit. Mr Lessing, who joins in a senior architect role, brings a wealth of experience from work in practice in Glasgow and beyond.

The completion of snagging works on the Queensferry Crossing has been pushed back until December.

Electricity network operator Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has announced a £5 million investment programme for Moray.

Lighthouses up and down the country will be reviewed for listing by Historic Environment Scotland (HES).

Rounding off a fortnight of reporting following Scotland Excel’s ‘Accelerating Delivery of Affordable New Homes’ conference, category manager Jenny Bowles highlights the potential for generating social value in construction. In the Scottish Government’s recent Annual Procurem

RESIDENTIAL – TEN UNITS OR MORE Applicant: Juniper Residential Ltd

Tender prices for social housing in Scotland fell by 0.3% in the 2nd quarter of 2019 but rose by 4.3% compared with the same period a year earlier, according to new figures.

South Lanarkshire Council has submitted revised plans for a care hub, homes and centre of excellence in Blantyre following extensive public engagement.

A delay to the implementation of the domestic reverse charge for building and construction services should not prevent affected businesses preparing for the new scheme as soon as possible, an Aberdeen accountancy firm has said. The change to VAT collection arrangements that was due to come into