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Dundee City Council is to move ahead with the demolition of Willison House in Barrack Street on safety grounds following a devastating fire at the property on Saturday November 12. The former Robertson’s furniture store has been handed over to the city council by Police Scotland and the Scotti

A former senior finance figure with the Royal Bank of Scotland has joined the senior management team running Scotland’s first community-focused energy training centre on the outskirts of Edinburgh. Alan Earsman has been appointed to the board of the Energy Training Academy as finance director.

The head of Scotland’s largest trade body has warned against the rising trend of “six-week wonders” who are trying to enter the electrical industry after taking just a short course in basic skills. In a hard-hitting interview, SELECT managing director Alan Wilson dismissed the spre

Learning from the mistakes of the past is a common theme for the project team delivering the £207.3 million Edinburgh Trams to Newhaven line. The first phase of the trams project began operating in May 2014 after six years of disruption and a long-running dispute between the council and contra

Property company Ambassador Group has lodged a proposal of application notice with Glasgow City Council to develop student accommodation on a vacant site on Osborne Street in the city centre. Located on the corner of Osborne Street and Old Wynd, the proposals seek to create a contemporary developmen

Collaboration and determination will deliver a new future for Scotland’s towns while tackling the challenges of climate change, coronavirus recovery and the rising cost of living, a Scottish Government minister said yesterday. Tom Arthur MSP, minister for public finance, planning and community

A celebration to mark the completion of the first Stirling and Clackmannanshire City Region Deal building was held at the iconic Japanese Gardens at Cowden. The gardens, located in the picturesque rolling hills of Clackmannanshire, received £750,000 of UK Government City Region Deal funding to

Clark Contracts has secured over £30 million in new orders in October, a record month for the Paisley-based contractor. The new orders include the £8m design and build of a new industrial unit within Belgrave Logistics Park in Bellshill for Knight Property Group.

Stewart Milne Homes’ Dunnottar Park development in Stonehaven has claimed gold in the ‘Best Design for Three Storeys or Fewer’ category at the Housebuilder Awards 2022. Celebrated at a ceremony attended by more than 700 guests at London’s InterContinental O2 hotel on 10 Novem

The diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) strategy of BakerHicks, the multi-disciplinary design, engineering and project delivery company, has been formally recognised as best practice by the Scottish Government and construction industry to help others bring about positive and demonstrable chan

Balfour Beatty group chief executive Leo Quinn has been recognised for his ‘Outstanding Industry Leadership’. Construction show London Build - which welcomes over 35,000 attendees and more than 500 speakers each year - praised Leo for his significant contribution to the construction and

Apprentices in the plumbing and heating sector have once again been recognised with the Scotland and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF) Best Apprentice Plumber awards. To celebrate the hard work and determination they have displayed, the campaigning trade association has

Robots in construction can help maintain productivity at a time when fewer people are pursuing a career in the industry, a new report has found. Management consulting company GlobalData said the construction industry’s lack of digitalisation and new technologies mean that companies will strugg

Savills has recently expanded its Savills Earth team with the appointment of Chris Phillips, who joins as an associate in energy based in the Perth office. Chris has over 11 years of experience in pre-planning utilities statements and engagement with utility networks to deliver electricity, gas, wat

Self-builders who are unable to access standard bank lending can now apply for a loan of up to £175,000 to help with the development costs of their home. The Self-Build Loan Fund reopens for applications on Monday 21 November and aims to support the delivery of good quality and energy efficien