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Work on a £1.1m heritage project at historic Preston Tower in Prestonpans is approaching completion. A significant amount of grant funded repair work has taken place at the Scheduled Monument, parts of which date back to the 15th century.

An annual award given to Dundee City Council’s Construction Services Apprentice of the Year has been picked up this year by a roofer.

Bathroom and kitchen surface manufacturer Rearo has joined forces with employment charity First Steps Future Training to create work opportunities for underprivileged young people.

A strike involving thousands of construction workers at energy sites across the UK has been called off after they accepted a ‘whopping’ pay offer.

Avant Homes West Scotland has started construction on a £72 million development of 280 multi-tenure homes in Armadale, West Lothian.

The industrial vacancy rate along the M8 corridor between Glasgow and Edinburgh ended 2023 at 2.4%, the lowest year-end figure on record, according to new figures. Of the 31.5m sq ft of warehouse space within the one-and-a-half miles on either side of the motorway, less than 800,000 sq ft was unoccu

Jill Gayford has joined real estate agency Cushman & Wakefield as a partner heading up the Asset Services team in Scotland. Most recently the manager of Pentlands Science Park in Penicuik, Jill brings twenty years’ experience to the role, having previously held senior positions with BNP Pa

The development of an eco-wellness park on the former Barony Colliery in Auchinleck has moved a step closer following the granting of planning permission in principle by East Ayrshire Council subject to conditions. The Barony NP (UK) Ltd will now follow up with applications delivering various elemen

A first-of-its-kind system in the UK is being trialled in Edinburgh to see if waste heat from a large computing facility can be stored in disused mine workings and used to warm homes. The large amounts of energy needed to power the University of Edinburgh’s Advanced Computing Facility (ACF) co

Network Rail engineers will be delivering safety-critical engineering works on the main Edinburgh-Glasgow railway line from January 29 until February 2.

Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) has appointed former Homes for Scotland chief executive Nicola Barclay as outgoing board chair Andy Outram comes to the end of a successful three-year term. Guided by over 30 years' experience in construction and housing development

Specialist timber merchant MGM Timber has launched a partnership with kitchen specialist Magnet providing a new expanded product range of over 250 kitchens with accelerated lead times for trade customers.

Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) was given an early Christmas present after banking a bumper donation from Persimmon’s North Scotland business and the homebuilder’s Charitable Foundation.

Robertson Construction Tayside has been awarded 10 consecutive faultless scores by industry body Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS). The CCS is an independent organisation which aims to raise standards in the construction industry, promoting the positive messages of ethical working, competent man

Christmas has come early for staff at Tayside civil engineering groundworks specialists Kilmac, where – for the first time since becoming an employee ownership trust (EOT) – more than 100 employees have enjoyed four-figure festive season windfalls. Bonuses totalling more than £250,