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Sir Robert McAlpine has announced plans to cut 90 jobs across the UK in a restructure which will see its Scottish regional centre combine with the North East. Under the plans, the group’s six regional centres will be reduced down to four, with the Wales the West division also merging with the Nort

The first Adina Apartment Hotel in the UK has been earmarked for Glasgow city centre following Mosaic Architecture + Design’s resubmission of a planning application for a hotel at 249 West George Street. While Mosaic already has planning consent for converting the existing office building at this

Output in the UK construction industry fell by 1.6% during September to record consecutive quarterly contractions for the first time in five years. Data published today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that construction output contracted by 0.9% in the three months to September 2

CALA Homes (West) has submitted a planning application to Stirling Council for a proposed housing development in Kippen. The housebuilder is proposing a development of 31 homes on the Oakwood site, which is allocated for housing in the adopted Stirling Local Development Plan 2014.

Developers behind the bid to turn Edinburgh's Old Royal High School into a hotel have enlisted a former advisor to Donald Trump as an appeal was lodged against the decision to deny them planning permission. Councillors unanimously rejected the application to transform the A-listed building on Calton

Professional services firm Arup is leading a UK government project examining the feasibility of phasing out the use of natural gas for domestic use by converting homes to hydrogen fuel. The £25 million Hydrogen for Heat Programme, commissioned by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial S

Whatriggs Primary School and Early Education Centre in Kilmarnock has been successfully handed over by Morrison Construction in advance of the new 2017 Autumn term. Collaborating throughout with East Ayrshire Council’s architecture department and education team, Keppie Design developed the exempla

Plans to build almost 1,200 private flats and student rooms on land that once housed a Glasgow department store have been approved by councillors. Proposals to develop the site of the former Goldberg’s department store, which has been left largely derelict since the closure of the store in 1990, i

Fugro Geoservices Ltd has been awarded a £1.3 million contract to undertake ground investigations for a stretch of the route of the A9 dualling project. The Glen Garry to Crubenmore section stretches for over 12 miles.

CCG (Scotland) Ltd has completed work on a stunning care home for visually impaired older people and an activity centre for veterans with sight loss. The £12 million project was undertaken on behalf of Scotland’s largest sight loss charity, Royal Blind, and its sister charity for visually impaire

Dundee City Council has granted planning permission for the city’s newest community centre. The new Menzieshill Community Centre, packed with adaptable, community friendly features, will be built in front of the existing community facilities in Orleans Place, to the south of Charleston Drive.

The Scotland Build expo, taking place at the SEC Glasgow (22nd & 23rd November) is FREE TO ATTEND and will be like a Who's Who of the construction, architecture, property and engineering industries. Attendees include Balfour Beatty, Kier Construction, Scottish Government, Robertson Group, Transp

UK’s largest hydrogen cell installation arrives at new AECC The largest hydrogen fuel cell installation in the UK has arrived at the under-construction Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC).

Ayr high rise flats set for post-Grenfell improvement works South Ayrshire Council is set to undertake improvement works at the Riverside High Flats in Ayr following recommendations in light of the Grenfell Tower disaster.

Interserve is preparing to cut around 200 jobs across its UK operations as part of a wider cost-saving drive, according to reports. Shares in the construction and services firm fell 38% last month after it warned operating profits in the second half would be around half that reported a year ago amid