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The keys have been handed over for a £4.4 million affordable housing development in Kilmarnock, delivered by Mactaggart & Mickel Contracts, a division of Mactaggart & Mickel Group. The 1.8 acre site at West Langlands has 39 housing units which will be used by East Ayrshire Council, providin

Work gets underway at the Real Mary King's Close Edinburgh's Lord Provost joined characters from the Real Mary King’s Close earlier this week to celebrate the start of redevelopment works at the star attraction.

Michael Laird Architects’ proposed £120 million masterplan for the Fountainbridge area has been approved by the City of Edinburgh Council. The proposal considers the development of 9,650msq of land which currently separates the new Fountainbridge master plan site with the existing development at

hub South West Scotland has announced the reaching of financial close on the £36 million Garnock Campus Project in Ayrshire. The campus, which will relocate and merge Garnock Academy and Glengarnock Primary school on a greenfield site in Glengarnock, will cater for 1,500 students – 1,200 secondar

A new housing and office development planned for Glasgow’s financial services district has been recommended for approval by city planners. The £100 million Atlantic Square project, a joint venture between developers BAM Properties and Taylor Clarke, will result in around 300,000 sq ft of high qua

GDL invests over £1m in new plant machinery Ground Developments Ltd has revealed a new fleet of plant machinery worth over £1 million signalling further investment and growth for the Scottish-based civil engineering contractor.

Johnstone Town Hall has been awarded the accolade of ‘Development of the Year (Public Buildings)’ at the Scottish Property Awards, just days after being handed over to Renfrewshire Council by BAM Construction Scotland. The building, with its combination of a striking glass façade, deep public a

Subcontractors’ rates are growing at their fastest pace since records began 20 years ago, the latest Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI index has revealed. UK construction companies indicated a sharp loss of growth momentum in April, with output and new order expanding at the slowest rates since June

Hologram headsets that will show construction workers virtual reality projections of completed building projects are being developed. They will allow staff working on site to have 3D reconstructions of blueprints flashed up in front of them.

The Highland Council is to proceed with its proposal to establish a £45 million school campus in Tain after the Scottish Government decided not to call in the development. Separate proposals to close four schools on Skye and replace them with a new building on one of the sites is still to be decide

PSL Land Ltd (PSLL) has lodged an application with Midlothian Council for planning permission in principle for a unique mixed-use studio development site at Straiton, near Edinburgh. The 86 acre site will host a world-class film and television production facility incorporating six sound stages, an e

Morgan Sindall revealed today that it expects to take a further £35 million hit over two problem Ministry of Defence contracts at the Faslane Naval Base in West Scotland. The construction group said in a statement to investors this morning that it was making the charge having assessed the “likel

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has awarded a £7 million contract for the modernisation of Govan Subway and bus station in Glasgow to Graham Construction as part of their ongoing £288m Subway Modernisation programme. Govan, which services around one million passengers a year, will be t

The board of Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority has approved a six-week consultation on the area’s Proposed Local Development Plan, outlining new developments in housing, tourism and supporting infrastructure over the next ten years. The new housing policies have been develope

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