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Glasgow-based geotechnical, civil, foundation and structural engineering solutions provider Aspin Group has unveiled a new corporate identity as part of ambitious growth plans to double turnover to reach £85 million by 2020. The changes will see the business amalgamate its eight companies and five

Proposals to overhaul the planning system in Scotland are unlikely to have any positive effect in meeting the demands and aspirations of communities and the development industry, councillors have told the Scottish Government. Aberdeenshire Council’s infrastructure services committee (ISC) has writ

Rural affairs secretary Fergus Ewing has announced a new Innovation Challenge that will encourage the Scottish timber technologies sector to innovate and develop new products and systems for the construction industry. Run as an open competition, the Challenge seeks to drive innovation by offering su

Housing minister Kevin Stewart has announced £90,000 to support pilot projects to assist people wanting to build their own homes with a new Challenge Fund. Speaking at the closing event of the Festival of Architecture in Edinburgh, Mr Stewart will confirm the new fund will be open for applications

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched a campaign to celebrate and commemorate the outstanding contributions the surveying profession has made to shaping Scotland’s built and natural environment over the past 150 years. As RICS celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2018, th

Celtic Football Club has been granted planning permission to create a new hotel, retail store, ticketing facility and museum next to its stadium. Designed by architecture firm Holmes Miller, the estimated £18 million development will see a five-storey hotel based on London Road outside the main sta

Losses at troubled UK building and services firm Carillion have now spiralled to £1.15 billion as more problem jobs were revealed by the firm this morning. In delayed half-year results, Carillion revealed it has made provision of £200 million for losses on its support services contracts and has ta

Plans to create student flats as part of a £20 million redevelopment of a historic Dundee building have been scrapped in favour of more hotel rooms. Fresh proposals submitted to the local authority to transform the former Robertson’s furniture store in Barrack Street include plans for two hotels

Proposals to return whisky distilling to Leith, including designs for a ‘landmark’ 40-metre distillery tower, have been submitted to the City of Edinburgh Council. If given the go-ahead, the Port of Leith Distillery will be the first purpose-built single malt facility constructed in the capital

Caledonia Housing Association has awarded over £3 million of responsive repairs contracts to local companies Novus Property Solutions and McGill & Co Ltd. The three year contracts will run from October 1.

New Edinburgh cycle lanes to make crossing tram tracks safer at key locations New red-surfaced cycle lanes are to be installed at a number of key points along the tram route in Edinburgh's city centre.

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient papyrus which appears to be a first-hand account of the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The documents of note are contained within a diary of a man named Merer, an official known to have been involved in the planning of the architectural wonder, re

A ground-breaking initiative designed to make buildings safer for both construction workers and users in the future has been launched by the Association for Project Safety (APS) and the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE)

Specialist supplier of cabling infrastructure and networked wireless systems and services Xtreme Business Solutions Limited has been placed into administration. Administrators FRP Advisory LLP said the Aberdeen-based business has ceased trading with immediate effect, resulting in all 50 staff being

Upmarket housebuilder CALA Group increased its housing completions by 46% in the year to June as it reported a fifth consecutive year of growth and record profits. Despite its average selling price of homes falling by 8% and operating margins decreasing from 14% last year to 12%, CALA’s revenue fo