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The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has blamed rising costs and uncertainty relating to Brexit after new figures disclosed a sharp drop in output growth in January 2019. Published this morning, the January PMI data revealed a fall from 52.8 in December to 50.6 in January, against the neutral rea

Plans to build a rail link to Glasgow Airport have again been scrapped in favour of a Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) scheme instead. A plan to connect the airport to the city directly from Glasgow Central Station, also stopping at Paisley Gilmour Street station, was put forward as part of the £1

An agricultural firm is planning to build a £20 million poultry feed mill at the Port of Rosyth. 2Agriculture, a subsidiary of UK poultry company 2 Sisters Food Group, wants to develop the 41-metre tall mill on a five-acre plot at the Fife port.

To mark the opening of The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA) in the summer, Nigel Munro, the regional project manager for Henry Boot, describes his work on the project. At over £300 million in value, 418 metres long, 30 metres high and using 8,300 tonnes of steel, TECA is the single biggest develo

More homes need to be built on small sites and myths surrounding landbanking by housebuilders busted if the 80,000 homes deficit that has arisen over the last decade is to be addressed, MSPs will hear today. Industry trade body Homes for Scotland said there has been a near 40% reduction in the amoun

Chartered surveyor DM Hall has appointed Ronnie Colman as a property services consultant based in the firm’s Dunfermline office. A practicing architect for 15 years, Ronnie brings significant experience and wide-ranging contacts throughout Scotland’s legal profession to his new role.

Carnoustie-based housing developer DJ Laing Homes has announced its latest sponsorship deal with Scottish Junior Football as sponsors of the D J Laing East Region Cup. The company will continue to support Scottish Junior football for the 2018/19 season and has been main sponsor of their local team,

A long-established Dundee-based construction company has been placed in administration after falling victim to the loss of McGill & Co. Land & Building Services Limited has ceased trading with immediate effect, and all 27 staff have been made redundant.

A contract for an extension and partial refurbishment at Invergarry Primary School has been awarded to Morrison Construction. The £800,000 project will see the replacement of a double classroom unit that is in poor condition with an extension to the school comprising two classrooms, toilets an

Unite’s craft membership in local authorities have voted to accept the revised pay offer from the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), the union confirmed today. The craft agreement, which is a separate proposal from the wider local authority offer, was accepted by 84% of those vo

Plans to transform the current Royal Hospital for Sick Children site in Edinburgh into student accommodation have been given the green light. Downing Group plans to demolish some later additions to the site to make way for 323 student flats and convert the original hospital building into 126 residen

HFD Property Group has secured an £88.9 million development loan to progress its Bothwell Exchange office project in Glasgow. The four-year package from the Bank of Scotland real estate and housing team’s Green Lending Initiative provides the commercial property specialist with the devel

A two-year renovation project on the landmark railway bridge over the River Clyde on the approach to Glasgow Central is set to get under way, Network Rail has announced. ‘New Clyde Bridge’, which was built between 1899-1905 as part of the Edwardian expansion of Glasgow Central, links Sco

Plans have been lodged for a residential development in the Fife village of Guardbridge. McHale Enterprises is seeking planning permission in principle for up to 60 homes on land adjacent to Motray Park alongside associated works including car parking, landscaping, drainage and formation of new acce

Family-run business Hard Rock Scaffolding has taken a five year lease on Unit 4D Barham Road at Forties Commercial Campus in Rosyth. The 3,163 sq ft property comprises a mid-terrace steel portal frame warehouse.