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A social enterprise scheme in Glasgow is giving current and former offenders the chance to help build 40 affordable homes as part of their rehabilitation. The project, a partnership between Triodos Bank and Glasgow Together Community Interest Company, will see homes built on two initial plots in Bai

The Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh The Scottish Government has insisted that infrastructure projects will be delivered on time and on budget following questions over how much private finance is being used to fund them.

Video footage showing the construction of the first major structure as part of the £500 million M8 M73 M74 Motorway Improvements Project has been released by Transport Scotland. The time lapse footage reveals the new rail bridge, weighing in excess of 2,000 tonnes, sliding into its final position o

Hinkley Point C will provide 25,000 job opportunities during its construction Three Scottish companies have today been announced as preferred bidders for the contract to build the first UK nuclear power station in more than 20 years.

More than £390 million could be invested in capital projects in Dundee over the next five years, according to a new report. Dundee City Council has unveiled an updated Capital Plan to cover the period between 2016 and 2021 with expenditure grouped into key areas.

Head boy Marlon Hall and head girl Samantha Fraser with (from left) Gordon Piper (dept head teacher), Robin Fyfe (acting head teacher), hub North Scotland Ltd chief exec Angus MacFarlane, Cllr Drew Millar, Donald Mclachan, Morrison Construction and Cllr Norrie Donald. A topping out ceremony has been

Architects have unveiled designs for a NASA Mars settlement for four astronauts that could be 3D printed by a team of semi-autonomous robots. Foster + Partners New York’s design for a modular habitat on Mars was shortlisted amongst 30 finalists for the 3D Printed Habitat Challenge organised by Ame

A new campaign has been launched to encourage people to consider a career in construction in an effort to fill more than 220,000 new jobs that will be created in the sector. The ‘Go Construct’ initiative comes as research shows four people in five wish they had received more advice and guidance

Tata Steel's Clydebridge plant is set to close Steel firm Tata has announced the closure of its two Scottish plants with the loss of 270 jobs as the firm plans to stop production of steel plate across its European business.

Philip Hogg Homes for Scotland has announced that chief executive Philip Hogg is to leave the organisation in the coming months to become managing director of Bancon Group's homes business.

George Osborne Chancellor George Osborne has committed to £100 billion of spending for new roads, rail, flood defences and other vital UK projects during this Parliament.

Architects Foster + Partners New York’s design for a modular habitat on Mars has been shortlisted amongst 30 finalists for NASA-organised 3D Printed Habitat Challenge.

North Ayrshire Council has completed the construction of a new sheltered housing complex in the heart of Irvine. Vennel Gardens is the first project in the council’s Sheltered Housing Reprovisioning Programme, which aims to improve and modernise existing complexes and bring them up to a standard t

John Swinney The Scottish Government has revealed that around £4 billion is to be invested over the next year in infrastructure as part of its Draft Budget for 2016-17.

Network Rail has issued an invitation for firms to tender for a £112 million redevelopment project to expand and upgrade the Glasgow Queen Street. The work will see the main entrance at George Square replaced by a huge glass facade. The stations platforms and concourse will also be extended to acco