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The preferred bidder to build a state-of-the-art resource for processing household rubbish has been announced by Zero Waste: Edinburgh and Midlothian.

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded Historic Scotland a £3.8 million grant to create Scotland’s first building conservation centre at The Engine Shed in Stirling.

Two of Britain's biggest housebuilders Barratt Developments and Taylor Wimpey are to join the FTSE 100 index, it has been announced.

A joint venture of Atkins and Mouchel has secured the last of three design contracts in the project to upgrade the A9 to a dual carriageway. The £40 million contract involves design work for the road between Dalraddy and Inverness.

Construction services company ISG has today reported that it is trading in line with expectations in its new financial year to date. The firm said a strong performance in its UK Fit Out and Engineering Services arms has offset weakness in its UK Construction unit.

An environmental charity which is seeking to challenge a decision to grant planning permission for a new windfarm in the Scottish Highlands has a bid to limit its liability for expenses in the proceedings refused. A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session ruled that the proposed proceedings

RJ McLeod has been announced as the successful bidder for main construction works on Selkirk's £31.4 million flood protection scheme. Six companies were invited to tender in June after 16 registered an interest in delivering the project.

(from left): Stuart Patrick, chief executive, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce - Lynn Stodart, Group HR manager, CCG (Scotland) Ltd - Alastair Wylie, chairman and chief executive, CCG (Scotland) Ltd The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has awarded the Large Employer of the Year (Scotland) priz

Gorden Matheson Companies bidding for contracts from Glasgow City Council will have to demonstrate their commitment to paying the Glasgow Living Wage under new procurement policies agreed today.

Most of the employees choosing to work over the Christmas holiday period are employed in the I.T., charity and construction sectors, a new study has found. Researchers at a UK business insurance website found that almost 40 per cent of construction workers are planning to work on Christmas Day out o

Development of the Irvine Bay area is to transfer to North Ayrshire Council as Irvine Bay Regeneration Company (IBRC) gets set to wind down its operation. Representatives from both organisations met last week to discuss plans on how best to continue the town's development projects.

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has announced the appointment of five companies to its most recent capital works framework which will result in the design and build of £250 million worth of MoD projects in Scotland. The Next Generation Estate Contracts (NGEC) programme will result in

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has secured planning permission from North Lanarkshire Council to deliver 222 homes in phase one of Torrance Park in Holytown.

Plans for 595 new homes to be built at the western edge of Dundee have been thrown into question after the city council only approved half of it.

Two managers from the scaffold division of Alloa based Marshall Construction are currently working towards membership of the National Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC), a specialist body committed to promoting high standards of conduct and operation in the UK scaffolding industry.