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Aberdeen City Council has approved plans to demolish Greyfriars House, paving the way for the development of 140 flats on the site.

Plans for a £40 million whisky distillery near Jedburgh are back on the table after a previously-approved application expired in January.

A Mechanical Engineer at Scottish Water has broken the record for the fastest time to complete the 864km Scottish National Trail. Matthew Girvan shaved four days off the previous record to complete the trail in just under 14 days - with the renowned mountaineer who designed it, Cameron McNeish, desc

The Scottish Government’s £24 billion infrastructure investment plan could fall short of providing the affordable housing need facing Scotland over the next five years, a collection of housing organisations have warned.

Capital projects including the £118 million Cross Tay Link Road, the transformation of Perth City Hall and a new-build Perth High School were all backed by councillors during budget talks yesterday.

Western Isles local authority Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has said it could potentially terminate a £10 million deal to carry out upgrade works at Lochmaddy Pier in North Uist due to the main contractor's failure to return from lockdown. Following the initial suspension of the construc

A major industrial and commercial development at ExxonMobil's former Esso site in Bowling can move forward after a deal to transfer ownership of the land to West Dunbartonshire Council was completed.

Quantity surveying and commercial management consultancy Soben has launched an MEP (Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing) division, to be led by newly appointed operations director Matthew Lopacki. Matthew, who has over 40 years’ experience in the MEP Services bidding and estimating

While considering whether Edinburgh can meet its pledge to be a zero-carbon city by 2030, Stephen Tucker takes a broader look at how to achieve zero-carbon at scale from a planning and design perspective. It seems like every day the world is being forced to deal with a new crisis. But long term, the

Utility network design and construction firm Energy Assets Utilities (EAU) has created two new roles to spearhead its business growth plans. The company has promoted Gary Smith to head of residential sales and Craig Downie to head of commercial sales to help drive the implementation of a sector

Carlisle-based construction and civil-engineering firm Cubby Construction has bought Scottish Borders contractor Finlaysons from Esh Group.

Aberdeen-based Tinto Architecture is celebrating 40 new project wins this year, totalling more than £750,000, and has strengthened its team with five new recruits. The practice has secured projects in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, as well as a growing presence in the South East of Engl

Stewart Dalgarno discusses the achievements so far at the mid-way point of the Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH) project. In 2019 the annual housebuilding target was missed by 138,978. The UK Government wants 300,000 new homes built a year — a number not hit

Eight schools in Hampshire are to receive unique LEGO Education to inspire children to work in the construction industry. Mr Stephen Shaw is a LEGO Education Academy Certified Trainer who visits schools around Hampshire to promote science, technology, engineering, arts and maths (STEM) subjects in a

Housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel has hailed its long-serving Ayrshire-based site manager Stuart Gillespie as a “model of consistency” after he scooped a prestigious industry award.  Stuart, the senior site manager at Mactaggart & Mickel’s Greenan Views development in D