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Two separate developments which would provide a combined total up to 4500 homes near Perth are set to be considered by council planners on Wednesday. Currently at the ‘in principle’ stage, both the Almond Valley and Bertha Park schemes are marked for approval, with finer points on the developmen

A twelfth consecutive rise in construction activity has done little to lift the prevailing mood of uncertainty within the UK sector ahead of the EU referendum, according to an industry survey. The latest Construction Trade Survey from the Construction Product Association (CPA) showed that constructi

Work on the new £10 million Langlee Primary in the Scottish Borders began today with the help of two pupils. Alfie Millar and Faye Kennedy cut the first sods for the new school, which will be built by McLaughlin and Harvey and is expected to open in summer 2017.

Students acting as a board of directors for a virtual construction company in a simulated environment have been fighting it out over six weeks of intensive competition to reach the final of this year’s Global Student Challenge, run by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). Over 50 teams from

Graham Construction has completed work on the state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit (CCU) at Monklands Hospital in Airdrie. The £5.5 million 10-bed unit, which has been handed over to NHS Lanarkshire, is just one of 12 phased work projects that Graham Construction will complete by Spring 2018 as part

Sibbald Limited is the first professional training provider in Scotland to be certified by NQA for BS EN ISO 9001:2015, BS EN ISO 14001:2015 and BS OHAS 18001:2007. After enduring an eight day certification audit early in April, Sibbald Limited have achieved triple management system certification aw

Plans have been approved to create a centre of excellence for performing and visual arts on the site of Dundee’s former Head Post Office. Dundee City Council has given its support for the £16 million development which will serve as a home for the High School of Dundee’s art, music, drama and ho

An expanding building services company has announced it has exceeded £10 million in turnover for the first time, as it makes three significant appointments to the business. Gateshead based Robertson Engineering Services, part of infrastructure group Robertson, has grown rapidly since 2014, increasi

The contract to build Wilton Lodge Park’s new café and footbridge in Hawick has been awarded to ESH Border Construction. The firm, which operates throughout the Borders from its base in Galashiels, has previously been involved in Teviot Footbridge in Hawick and Laidlaw Court housing development i

The Phase 1 redevelopment of Royal Edinburgh Campus has been shortlisted in the 2016 Partnership Awards - recognising and rewarding the best in Public Private Partnerships. The £45 million project, being delivered through NHS Lothian's development partner hub South East Scotland, has been named in

Edinburgh charity extends trusted tradespeople information services A new resource has been launched in Edinburgh to enable not only the elderly, but everyone in the capital, to find trusted tradespeople.

Councillors have approved plans for a £1 billion new community of 3000 new homes to the north of Perth. Covering an area of 333 hectares at Bertha Park, the proposed new community will include 25ha of land allocated for employment such as business parks, two new primary schools and secondary school

Developers behind proposals for a satellite village of up to 1500 homes to the north west of Perth have said they will “immediately appeal” a decision to reject the scheme. The Pilkington Trust and Stewart Milne Group will be pursuing an appeal to the Scottish Government after Perth & Kinros

Construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall to build a new primary school campus in Kirkintilloch as part of East Dunbartonshire Council’s plan to improve schools in the area. The new building will be constructed at the current St Flannan’s site, on Newdyke Road. The project will see

Developers behind plans for a mixed-use development on a vacant site in the Grassmarket area of Edinburgh have updated their initial proposals to take account of feedback from the local community, the planning authority and statutory consultees, as well as current market conditions. A planning appli