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Plans for a new £100m energy research centre have been announced by the University of Aberdeen. The 19,000m2 purpose-built Energy Building will contain world class, sustainable facilities to build on the University’s and Aberdeen’s reputation for ground-breaking research and innovation, and cre

Sarah Speirs Tackling poor maintenance in traditional buildings could significantly reduce fuel poverty, experts are to advise the Scottish Government today.

The overall pace of construction growth moderated for the second month running to its least marked since October 2013, data from Markit/CIPS published today reveals. However, the figures failed to dampen soaring subcontractor rates and demand for skilled staff.

German tech giant ThyssenKrupp has unveiled new elevator technology that allows more than one car in a single shaft and lifts that can go sideways as well as up and down. Promising an elevator every 30 seconds, the company says its invention will revolutionize modern architecture, because central bl

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: David Russell, Project Management Design Development Regeneration Services, 231 George Street, Glasgow

A Dundee plumber has become an internet sensation after a video of him being caught showing off his dance moves has been viewed over 9 million times. Mark Topen, 52, who is more commonly known as Toby, is a self-employed plumber who had taken a few minutes out of his day, only to be caught by one of

Marshall Construction lends a hand in the Legacy

A man with an interest in a property which was found to be in a “state of disrepair” has failed in an appeal against the decision to grant a compulsory purchase order (CPO) over the house. Judges in the Court of Session Inner House were not persuaded that there was any force in any of the compla

Alex Neil The Scottish Government is investing £25 million next year in charitable bonds that could lead to up to 450 affordable homes being built, social justice secretary Alex Neil confirmed today.

The preferred bidder to build a state-of-the-art resource for processing household rubbish has been announced by Zero Waste: Edinburgh and Midlothian.

Detailed design work for the new Girvan and South Carrick leisure and community facility is about to get underway, following the appointment of the contractors to design and construct the new building.

Alex Goodfellow Stewart Milne Timber Systems has been appointed as one of the approved contractors for the New Homes Framework for England, Wales, and Scotland, by public sector procurement specialist, LHC.

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded Historic Scotland a £3.8 million grant to create Scotland’s first building conservation centre at The Engine Shed in Stirling.

John Laing Infrastructure Fund has made a £1 billion offer for the public-private partnership assets of Balfour Beatty, highlighting the attraction of work on schools and hospitals for private sector firms. The non-binding offer equates to more than three quarters of the market capitalisation of Ba

Philip Hogg The radical overhaul of stamp duty announced by chancellor George Osborne in yesterday’s Autumn Statement has emphasised the need an intermediate band in Scotland’s new Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT), according to Scotland’s home builders industry body.