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A contractor has been fined after a gas explosion at a domestic property in Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire. Lanark Sheriff Court heard that, on 22 March 2007, Turriff Contractors Limited had been contracted to construct and install a gas main on a street in Lesmahagow.

Residents campaigning against plans to deliver more than 400 homes on the University of Strathclyde’s former Jordanhill campus have lost their legal action to stop the proposal at the Court of Session. CALA Homes (West) gained planning permission from Glasgow City Council&n

A significant package of capital investment in council housing and schools totalling more than £220 million is set to be delivered by East Lothian Council over the next five years. Almost £93m will be spent on new affordable council housing in addition to almost £60m on the modernisation of exist

Developers have unveiled £12 million plans for a hotel and retail project near to the Borders Railway terminus in Tweedbank. Edinburgh-based New Land Assets (NLA) said the development at the corner of Tweedbank Drive and the main A6091 road would include a supermarket, coffee shop and petrol s

The former director of an Edinburgh-based company that supplied security personnel and CCTV facilities to the construction industry has been disqualified for 10 years. Ryan Maginess, 28, who was the sole director of Camereye Contracts Limited, has been banned from acting as a director of a limited c

Scottish timber processing and distribution company Thornbridge has merged with North Yorkshire Timber (NYTimber) to form an enlarged timber group. Supported by further investment from Cairngorm Capital Partners LLP, the two businesses said the transaction is the next step in the strategy to consoli

A property developer has been ordered to pay nearly €5.5 million to a group of graffiti artists after destroying their work without warning. The street artists took the developer to court after 45 separate artworks were whitewashed as a precursor to the redevelopment of a site.

Developers building new residential buildings near music venues will be responsible for taking appropriate measures to ensure local people are not disturbed by noise under new planning guidance published by the Scottish Government. Housing minister Kevin Stewart said today that new guidance on this

New Aberdeen path opened for more connectivity with Diamond Bridge A new path has opened connecting an Aberdeen community to the benefits of the £22.3 million Diamond Bridge after local residents requested it as an addition to the already extensive pedestrian and cycle path infrastructure created i

The developer behind the new £500 million Edinburgh Marina project is to breathe new life into a derelict 19th century gunpowder store. The 176-year-old warehouse at Granton Harbour has been on Scotland’s “buildings at risk” register for years.

Building work on a £7.7 million community sports village in Banchory is now underway. Provost of Aberdeenshire Councillor Bill Howatson stuck the ceremonial spade into the ground signifying the start of the construction of Banchory Sports Village at a special event on Friday morning.

Work begins at new £3.8m Clydebank Community Sports Hub Work on a new £3.8 million community sports facility for Clydebank has officially started – with the state-of-the-art hub due to be up and running later this year.

Expanding building materials group Breedon has confirmed it is in talks to buy a major part of Northern Ireland’s Lagan Group. The Lagan Group is a diversified construction business covering quarrying, cement, asphalt and contracting.

Stewart Milne Group has said its timber systems arm is on course to achieve turnover of £100 million by 2021 after doubling its business in the last four years. With a current turnover of £65m, Stewart Milne Timber Systems should achieve its five-year target, with “robust” growth predicted for

News that the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has confirmed it will end all directing training by 2020, will create a skills black hole and strip the industry of the capability to undertake specialist training, according to the UK’s construction union. In November, the CITB announced a