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CALA Group remains on course to deliver record revenues and profits after a year of significant volume growth, the firm said today. A trading update by the upmarket home builder revealed that after several years of planned stable volumes, the full year to 30 June 2015 (FY15) represents the first yea

A Scottish Government Reporter has dismissed an appeal against the refusal of planning permission in principle for a £500 million 3200-home development in South Lanarkshire. The Reporter’s findings follow a two-day public hearing in January into the plans for the project which had been scheduled

Renfrewshire’s roads are set to benefit from significant investment, with a multi-million cash boost allocated to improve the conditions of roads and pavements. Renfrewshire Council has set aside £3.5 million for road improvements during the 2015/16 financial year.

A £2.2 million revamp of Perth Crematorium is expected to be approved by Perth and Kinross Council tomorrow. Members of the council’s environmental committee will be asked to set the ball rolling on an upgrade which the local authority says will safeguard the crematorium’s future.

£3m Bearsden Community Hub plans on show Emerging plans for the development of the Bearsden Community Hub have been revealed to the public.

Fresh plans have been submitted for a multi-million pound brewery and visitor attraction in the centre of Inverness. Issues including parking and the proposed scale of the development saw initial plans turned down in October last year.

Proposals to create an innovative new care village in the grounds of Stirling Community hospital have been given the green light to progress. The Outline Business Case for a new integrated health and social care development has been formally approved by the Scottish Government which means plans can

Councillors update on Newbattle high school work Councillors in Midlothian have been told that work will begin on site as quickly as possible to build the replacement for Newbattle Community High School once circumstances beyond the council's control are resolved.

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) will tomorrow seek approval from members to commit just over £7 million to modernise Govan Interchange. A paper going to SPT’s strategy & programmes committee outlines a proposal to award the construction contract to Graham Construction – worth a

The University of Edinburgh is to create a new biology complex with world-leading laboratory space for 350 researchers and to establish a new Centre for Tissue Repair, thanks to a £25.7 million investment by the UK government. The two projects are the only Scottish bids to secure funding in a fierc

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has agreed a set of proposals that will see the biggest change to architectural education in 50 years. Responding to the 2013 European Union legislative changes to the Professional Qualifications Directive statute, the RIBA Council this week voted to

Two young patients marked the start of construction at the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh earlier this week. The £150 million building, which is anticipated to open in autumn 2017, will see services from the Royal Hospital for Sick Childre

Building contractor J Smart is confident its annual underlying profits will be in line with last year, after enjoying a jump in first-half earnings. However, the Edinburgh-based group said too many uncertainties remain in play to accurately predict headline profit for the year to the end of July.

Tackling skills shortages and developing the use of new building techniques have been highlighted as priorities in a new Skills Investment Plan for Scotland’s construction sector released by Skills Development Scotland (SDS). Published today, the new strategy follows consultations with employers,

Confidence within the Scottish construction industry has reached a new record high, according to the latest Scottish Construction Monitor. The quarterly survey of the membership of the Scottish Building Federation (SBF) found that confidence reached a score of plus 29, an increase of three points on