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Construction and property consultancy Thomas & Adamson (T&A) has been appointed as quantity surveyor and contract administrator for the redevelopment of the historic David Stow Building, at Strathclyde University’s former Jordanhill Campus. The project will see T&A deliver QS servi
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Galliford Try has confirmed that the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) completion has been pushed back to December and that the delay has increased its costs on the project by a further £20 million. In a trading update to investors this morning, the contractor said the final s
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Proposals to introduce new rights for communities to appeal planning decisions have failed to pass a key stage of the parliamentary legislative process. MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s local government and communities committee voted against a series of amendments to the Scottish G
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A builder and his wife who invested in a North Sea oil firm when its shares were worth pennies have seen them soar so high that they have now hit a £38 million jackpot.
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The Highland Council remains on track to provide at least 4,500 much-needed affordable homes after members of the environment, development and infrastructure committee approved a new investment plan. The Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) for 2019-2024 will see a minimum of 500 units being bui
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A £10 million hotel and retail/food village at the Tomatin junction on the A9 has been approved by Highland Council. Over 100 new jobs will be created in the area as a result of the project which will include a 99-bedroom hotel, farm shop and 200-seater restaurant, drive-through bakery and foo
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The City of Edinburgh Council’s plan to deliver 20,000 new affordable homes by 2027 faces a funding shortfall of £77 million, new figures have revealed. The local authority’s Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) for 2019 to 2024, which has been approved by the council’s h
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Shares at construction and outsourcing firm Interserve have fallen by more than 10% to their lowest level since over 30 years as concerns mounted over its finances. The company’s shares closed from 45.18p to a low of 39.03p last night, completing a decline of more than 90% in the past fiv
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A windows manufacturer is to invest £1 million next year in its Inverclyde facility and create up to 20 new jobs in the process. Blairs Windows is to introduce a new PVCu window production line which will improve the company’s competitiveness and supplement the existing range of timber w
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An area of land in south Edinburgh has been brought back into use by construction company CCG (Scotland) Ltd. CCG has invested £47,000 to create a brand new car park for the local community in Niddrie Mill. Located at Moffat Drive, the new facility adds capacity to an area where limited car pa
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MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Royal Botanic Garden.
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A near £350 million Dundee building programme for the next five years is set to be outlined in a council report as councillors also prepare to agree plans to build more than 1,000 affordable new homes between now and 2021. The capital plan covering 2019-24 includes projects including the Water
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Moxon Architects has significantly extended and reconfigured the headquarters of the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) in Grantown-on-Spey on behalf of Reidhaven Estate. Shortlisted at the Scottish Design Awards 2017 in the Future Building category, the project provides a new public-facing e
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With the need for more new homes to address the country’s housing crisis top of the political agenda, ensuring high levels of quality and customer satisfaction is a matter of equal importance, according to Homes for Scotland (HFS). The message will be delivered to the audience of 150 senior in
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