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UK construction companies indicated a strong improvement in business activity expectations in January, with optimism reaching its highest level for two years despite anongoing decline in current output levels and a marginal fall in incoming new work.
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Work on a new Whitecraig Primary School is due to begin in early spring following the award of an £18.5 million contract to Morrison Construction.
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West of Scotland Housing Association has kicked off a £5.7 million upgrade programme for former tenants of Charing Cross Housing Association, replacing the windows of 385 homes over the next three years, vastly improving energy efficiency and tackling fuel poverty for residents.
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A former sawmill on the edge of a Fife village could be transformed into a retirement village.
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Springfield Properties has signed a new contract worth £15.3 million for the delivery of affordable housing for Highland Housing Alliance (HHA). Supported by funding from the Scottish Government, The Highland Council, and the Highland City Region Deal, the contract will see high-quality and en
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With a consultation now underway about a similar post-Grenfell Building Safety Levy to one introduced to impose a levy on certain new builds in England, Ledingham Chalmers LLP partner David Scott looks at what might happen north of the border. After the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, the UK Gover
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A barrier is to be installed at the top of a street in Edinburgh after sat nav errors repeatedly directed drivers down a set of steps. Four vehicles in as many weeks have attempted to drive down the stairs on Greenside Lane, near the city's Theatre Royal bar, where an updated road layout w
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Members of the Highland Council's City of Inverness Area Committee have agreed a list of proposed prioritised roadworks which will be funded out of the council’s Capital Budget allocation for 2024/25.
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Energy major Shell has joined the Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) collaborative project which is currently powering subsea equipment off the coast of Orkney through a combination of wave power and subsea energy storage. The £2 million demonstrator initiative, which is currently nearing 12 mo
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Network Rail has started work on a £500,000 project to repair and repaint the railway bridge over Ferry Road in Glasgow’s Yorkhill area.
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Visitors to Milngavie town centre will notice a familiar fixture is missing as a famous timepiece is removed for restoration.
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North Ayrshire Council has confirmed that a contractor has been appointed to carry out enabling works at the site of the new Ardrossan Community Campus.
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Scottish architecture firm Aitken Turnbull has created a ‘physical presence’ south of the border for the first time in its 137-year history with the opening of a new architectural studio in the centre of Manchester. The move to open in the North-West of England is in response to a surge
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The operators of a bridge in New Orleans are crossing their fingers that new federal guidance for electronic road signs doesn't apply to their amusing road signs. The Federal Highway Administration's new rule for the road manual says highway signs should be simple, direct and avoid wording "intended
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The legacy of a respected built environment professional will live on thanks to a new Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) award. Paul Dockerill had an immense passion for building safety, skills development, and improving fire safety in the UK up until his tragic and untimely death in November 20
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