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A 2023 calendar featuring giant cats attacking infrastructure across the north west of the United States has been released by the Army Corps Of Engineers. The new 2023 calendar highlighting the achievements of the US Army Corps of Engineers features giant cats superimposed in photos of their en

An Inverness-based property company has been fined £80,000 after a 64-year-old asbestos surveyor died following an electrical explosion. Global Energy Nigg Limited pled guilty to a health and safety breach committed on 10 December 2020 at Tain Sheriff Court on 18 January 2023.

Ayrshire teenagers are now planning a future in construction after Riverside Scotland and McTaggart Construction gave them a foot on the ladder. A series of two-week placements on Riverside’s new housing development in Tarryholme has inspired young people to seek a career in the building indus

New research from IPPR, supported by housing association Stonewater, has found that retrofitting the UK’s housing supply could save the average household £500 per year on their energy bills when the UK Government’s new energy price guarantee comes into effect in April 2023 –

Scotland sales and lettings agent firm, DJ Alexander Ltd has opened a new premises in Byres Road in Glasgow. The outlet at 303 Byres Road employs 20 people and reflects the firm's optimism about the strength of the Glasgow sales and lettings property market.

The remodelling of a Dundee multi-storey car park and a re-routing of the A78 dual-carriageway are among ten projects in Scotland be awarded a share of almost £180 million of UK Government ‘levelling up’ funding. A total of 111 projects across the UK have been selected to

Scottish-based UK and internationally operating construction and property business Edison Group has made the strategic acquisition of project management, interior fit-out and property maintenance business GDC Design. Glasgow-based GDC Design, which operates throughout Scotland and as far south as Bi

A special groundbreaking event was held yesterday to mark the start of construction work on the new Currie Community High School. Shirley-Anne Somerville, cabinet secretary for education and skills at the Scottish Government was joined on site by Councillor Joan Griffiths, education, children and fa

The final step to allow work to begin preparing for the construction of Edinburgh's first new concert hall in over 100 years has been cleared after IMPACT Scotland and Royal Bank of Scotland marked the transfer of the land behind the city's iconic Dundas House. The music venue, which was g

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has secured the top spot in commercial property search expert NovaLoca’s disposals report 2022. The report analysed 42,000 property adverts, comparing properties across all sectors: retail, industrial, leisure, office and land.

Kingdom Housing Association has acquired eight highly energy-efficient homes for mid-market rent in Blairgowrie from Scotia Homes. The new 2 and 3-bedroom homes are Kingdom’s first mid-market rent properties in the Blairgowrie area and will be let and managed by Kingdom Initiatives.

AMA (New Town) Ltd has submitted plans for a new development on the site of the former Clermiston Clinic on Rannoch Terrace in Edinburgh. The proposed development includes business use on the ground floor and 18 residential apartments with associated amenity space above.

In an open letter to the leaders of Scotland's construction and built environment ecosystem, BE-ST CEO Stephen Good calls on them to take action and be bold in their decisions and leadership in order to help ensure Scotland achieves its net zero goals. Dear leaders of Scotland's construction and bui

2022 has seen Energy Specialist Solutions (ESS), a Scottish-based company which operates globally, triple its sales, nearly quadruple its pre-tax profits and expand to the United States to take advantage of opportunities across the power generation sector. Previously focused primarily on technically

Improvements are set to be approved for a major Dundee city centre junction that will enhance pedestrian safety and make the area more attractive. Dundee City Council's city development committee, which meets today, will be asked to approve up to £400,000 for changes at the Commercial Street/M