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Nicola Barclay Channelling accelerated capital funding into the delivery of more desperately needed homes would boost both jobs and the economy, according to Homes for Scotland.

Industry consultants Faithful+Gould has been selected to help deliver a £63.5 million education campus in East Ayrshire. The company will act as quantity surveyor on the Knockroon Learning and Enterprise Campus development, the biggest capital project ever undertaken by East Ayrshire Council.

Simon Rubinsohn Scottish house prices edged up only slightly during July with surveyors predicting homes to decrease in value in the near future.

Craig Anderson, Phil Charles, Catherine Burnet, on the balcony at St. Vincent Plaza KPMG inspects fit out of new Glasgow office

North Korea is feeding its construction workers crystal meth to try and speed up completion of a new skyscraper, according to reports. The Telegraph reports that project managers in the country’s capital of Pyongyang are said to be under so much pressure to finish the job on time that they have re

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Engineers have joined the Queensferry Crossing’s north deck and viaduct meaning the bridge is now connected to Fife. The milestone represents the first of four closures between the “deck fans” now nearing completion around each of the bridge’s three towers.

Ed Monaghan Construction Scotland has welcomed this week’s announcement by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that capital spending on infrastructure projects will be accelerated to support and create employment.

The re-opening of one of two former Tata Steel plants in Lanarkshire that were mothballed last year has moved a step closer with the first delivery of steel slab to the site for nearly a year. Around 1,500 tonnes of slab from the British Steel plant at Scunthorpe arrived by train at the Dalzell plat

John Ballantyne, a man instrumental in the planning of housing developments which changed the face of Broughty Ferry, has died aged 82, The Courier has reported. Mr Ballantyne, who was born in Auchtermuchty in 1933, was influential in the development of housing in the Nursery Road and East Balgillo

Seven Lochs Wetland Park awarded £4.5m lottery grant Glasgow and Clyde Valley Green Network Partnership has been awarded a Heritage Lottery grant of £4.5 million, to take forward proposals to create The Seven Lochs Wetland Park, a wetland area of national significance in the central belt, which p

A builder destroyed a conservatory with a sledgehammer after a dispute erupted over payment on a £30,000 building project. The Mirror has reported that George Gentles, 54, carried out the act after a double glazing firm who had contracted him to carry out £4,100 worth of work refused to pay up.

RICS has appointed Gail Hunter as the new regional director in Scotland and Archie Rintoul as chairman. Formerly regional account manager for RICS Scotland, Gail took on the position in early August following the departure of Sarah Speirs, who has joined the RICS UK executive team as director of UK

The UK construction industry has continued to decline though the full impact of the EU referendum result may yet still be to come, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Figures published by the independent body today revealed that output in the sector decreased by 0.9 per cent in Ju

Councillor Andrew Burns All 17 Edinburgh schools which were closed after structural faults raised safety fears have reopened ahead of schedule with the final two handed back to the City of Edinburgh Council yesterday.