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The Glasgow Institute of Architects has unveiled a shortlist of five finalists in an architectural design competition to revamp the derelict Springburn Winter Gardens.

A £3.5 billion investment by Scottish Water is to support 5,000 jobs in the construction sector as it begins a six-year programme to boost its infrastructure.

VINCI Construction Grands Projects, working in a 50-50 joint venture with Costain, will build the Shieldhall tunnel in Glasgow for Scottish Water. The structure, the largest wastewater storage tunnel in Scotland, is designed to improve water quality and help cope with the risk of flooding in the cit

Perthshire civil engineering firm I & H Brown is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a record £38 million order book. Founded when brothers Ian and Hardie Brown bought a disused Fife aerodrome in 1963, the group has won half of its new orders in the English civil engineering market, and is pr

(left to right) Councillor Ann Cowan, Kingdom chairperson Charles Milne and Councillor Rhona Brock lend a hand to demolish the Old Crown Hotel Crieff councillors joined Kingdom Housing Association chairperson Charles Milne to mark the beginning of a £1.9 million project that will transform a long-a

A bomb disposal team was scrambled yesterday after historical military explosives were found in a skip near an Ayrshire industrial estate. Officers trained to deal with exploded ordnance rushed to the Loreny Industrial estate in Kilmarnock following the unexplained find.

Keith Brown New trains, revamped stations and superior facilities are on the horizon following the announcement of plans to overhaul the ScotRail franchise.

Scottish construction group Barr Holdings Limited has agreed to sell its quarry business to Breedon Aggregates, the UK’s largest independent aggregates business, for £20.8 million in cash. The sale of Barr Quarries Limited, the market-leader in aggregates in south-west Scotland, is expected to be

A construction worker had his hand mauled while working at a big cat sanctuary in Florida, losing a thumb in the encounter. According to a Florida Fish and Wildlife spokesperson, construction work was being done on the site and one of the workers stuck his hand into a cage containing a tiger when th

An average of twenty tradespeople die every week from asbestos related diseases, according to a new survey commissioned by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Tradespeople, including construction workers, carpenters and painters and decorators, could come into contact with deadly asbestos on aver

Keith Brown Work to remove a notorious bottleneck on the A96 in the north-east of Scotland moved closer today with the award of a multi-million pound contract.

Martin Bell The increased property tax announced by the Scottish Government will hit many Scottish middle class families and could limit future building developments north of the border according to accountants BDO.

Regeneration agency Clyde Gateway hopes to follow up on the widespread interest created by the 2014 Commonwealth Games by launching a search for new investors at MIPIM’s UK property show in London later this week.

Heritage Lottery Fund has confirmed a grant of £1.3 million to help fund the transformation of two hangars at the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune in East Lothian.

A refurbished ‘black-house’ on the Isle of Tiree has been awarded The Stephen Lawrence Prize 2014.