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A 33-year-old Glasgow man has been sentenced for illegally disposing of building waste. David McCourt, a builder from Milngavie, was given a Community Payback Order with 80 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay £300 compensation after he pled guilty at Dumbarton Sheriff Court yesterday to an

A businessman has unveiled plans to invest £3 million into a series of energy training centres around Scotland. Mark Glasgow, owner of the Edinburgh Boiler Company and Glasgow Boiler Company, said the move aims to improve the industry’s skills shortage in the country 

Members of the Scottish Building Federation (SBF) have voted in favour of the Consensus Proposal for a new Levy Order to encourage training in the construction industry. 74% of SBF members endorsed the Levy Proposal for 2022 – 2025 put forward by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)

Dundee architect Douglas Reid, who was involved in the creation and restoration of some of the city’s most iconic structures, has died aged 63. Mr Reid joined James F Stephen Architects in 1982 where he spent his entire professional career.

Industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has outlined its intention to work collaboratively with new Green ministers Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater in support of net zero transition ambitions following their appointments earlier this week. Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie has been named minis

An important milestone for healthcare in East Lothian was reached this week as project representatives marked the start of construction work on a refurbishment and extension of The Harbours Medical Practice in Cockenzie. East Lothian Health and Social Care spokesperson Councillor Shamin Akhtar and J

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Councillors will be asked to approve a £20,000 grant to support the Dundee Museum of Transport’s (DMoT) redevelopment of the former Maryfield Tram Depot as its permanent home.

Repairs to the leaning Millennium Tower in San Francisco have been suspended after it was found that the skyscraper was sinking faster than previously thought. A spokesman for homeowners told the Los Angeles Times that work had been stopped while workers “try to understand better the mechanism

Councillors have given the green light for a new £64.3 million health and care centre for the North East of Glasgow.

Brunton Design has been granted planning approval for a leisure park in the Hilltown area of Dundee.

Plans have been submitted for a wedding marquee at Edinburgh Zoo.

A block of offices in the centre of Edinburgh could be demolished to make way for 42 new homes, under new plans submitted to the local authority. The Henderson Place Lane site extends over approximately 0.2 hectares and comprises an existing currently unoccupied two-storey office building constructe

Fife Council has granted a not-for-profit company planning permission to turn a former hotel in Leslie into homeless accommodation. New Hope Community House Ltd had applied to transform the 15-bedroom Greenside Hotel into a new type of residential care facility that will provide treatment and c

An Angus architecture practice has promoted a long-serving member of its team to director level as it continues to plan for future growth and diversification. Crawford Architecture, based in Montrose, has promoted David Paton to the post of associate director having been with the family firm for mor