Scotland’s construction industry generated total output of £14.5 billion last year, a modest decline on record output of £14.7bn during 2015, according to new official figures issued today by the Office for National Statistics. Output from the housing, private commercial and repair and maintenan
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An application to develop a floating wind farm off the coast of Aberdeenshire has been approved by Scottish Government ministers. The green light has been given to Kincardine Offshore to build the world’s largest floating wind array, consisting of up to eight 6MW semi-submersible turbines, which w
Developers behind plans for a £100 million redevelopment of a former hospital site near Montrose have now submitted the proposals to Angus Council. The former Sunnyside Royal Hospital site in Hillside was acquired by Montrose-based Pert Bruce Construction Ltd and Edinburgh based FM Group from NHS T
Stirling Council has been fined £10,500 for ignoring warnings for nine years about asbestos in the basement of its Old Viewforth headquarters. The local authority sent office staff to sweep, dust and move furniture about in a boiler room where pipes were lagged with the potentially deadly material.
Fife Council has announced a £10 million investment to improve roads throughout the region until 2019. The additional funding, approved at a council budget meeting last month, will be used to improve urban named roads, footways in housing precincts, rural primary routes as well as the general condi
Crest Nicholson’s tax avoidance scheme exposed A tax tribunal has ruled against a Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) avoidance scheme used by UK housebuilder Crest Nicholson meaning it will have to pay the £1.3 million it owes.
To coincide with International Construction Management Day the Chartered Institute of Building has released its Craft Your Future lessons on all versions of Minecraft. As part of the CIOB campaign to attract the next generation of constructors it has developed ‘vanilla’ versions of Craft Your Fu
Dozens of graves and coffins linked to a 310-year-old burial ground in Philadelphia have been uncovered during a recent construction project, reports Philly.com. Construction workers building a new apartment building in the Old City neighbourhood reportedly found some initial remains last fall, and
Architects have obtained planning consent to transform Glasgow's Category A-listed Anchor Line Building into a 64-bed aparthotel. The proposal by ICA is for a full refurbishment of the upper floors to create aparthotel accommodation, containing a mix of studio and one bedroom apartments.
South Ayrshire Council has announced that it will be investing £79 million in housing over the next five years. The significant investment will be used to build new properties, improve and expand play areas and upgrade existing housing stock, with the council carrying out internal improvements to o
An innovative cattle ‘flyover’ designed to resolve a visitor traffic issue at last year’s Royal Highland Show has been shortlisted for a prestigious industry award. Perthshire-based firm Bell Ingram Design had the unusual challenge of creating an overpass for livestock at the Ingliston showgro
Proposals for a £105 million transformation of the former Strathclyde Police HQ in Glasgow's city centre into homes built specifically for private rent have been unveiled to the public. Moda Living, the developer behind a 525-home project in Edinburgh city centre, staged an initial consultation out
A £25 million renovation is in the pipeline to prevent the sudden closure of Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre. Under a blueprint aimed at safeguarding the venue’s future for another 50 years, radical improvements will be carried out to its stage, auditorium, backstage areas, bars and cafe areas, Th
The owners of the Bon Accord and St Nicholas shopping centres in Aberdeen are set to lodge plans to expand the facility by the end of the month. Developers BMO Real Estate Partners’ planned extension of the Bon Accord Centre to George Street would encompass nearly 9,500sq ft of shops, offices and
An investigation into the number of people working in the construction industry has calculated that nearly 200,000 workers could be lost if the UK chooses not to retain the rights of EU citizens after Brexit. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has warned that some of the country’s

