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Dr Noble Francis Construction output is forecast to increase 5.5 per cent in 2015, according to the latest forecasts from the Construction Products Association.

Glasgow and Edinburgh-based Clark Contracts has recorded its most successful month for new business in its 37-year history after picking up £11 million worth of orders in March. The construction, maintenance and refurbishment business said contracts ranged in value from £120,000 to £4.7m, with th

You’ve heard of a water bed, but a water house? It brings to mind something built on or in the ocean, but it actually has nothing to do with the view. Hungarian architect Matyas Gutai is a firm believer that a house can be kept at an optimal temperature through the use of water, according to CNN.

Scottish Water has begun work on a multi-million pound scheme to save homes in Springburn, Glasgow from flooding. Scottish Water decided to spend £12.4m on an improvement scheme following repeated flooding after 34 properties in Elmvale Row suffered flooded garages, car parks and roadways over a nu

GAP Group apprentice scheme recognised at Recruitment Awards GAP Group has been awarded the Apprenticeship Award at the Scottish Recruitment Awards – confirming its commitment to apprentices and as an industry leader for their apprenticeship scheme.

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The Laurieston regeneration has been shortlisted in two categories for Scotland’s premier home building industry awards, after being nominated for Best Partnership in Affordable Housing Delivery and Best Development (large). The £100 million project is being delivered through an innovative partne

Inverness and Aberdeen-based off shore giant Global Energy has had its plan to create its own harbour at the entrance to the Cromarty Firth thrown out by the Scottish Government. Global - who own the Nigg Fabrication Yard - had applied for a Harbour Revision Order last year.

Architects BDP have submitted plans for an 800 place secondary school within the Fife Town of Anstruther. Delivered in partnership with the Scottish Futures Trust, Fife Council and BAM Construction, the scheme will form part of a new education campus incorporating the existing Anstruther Primary and

Brian Berry The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has welcomed the Labour Party's commitment to build 200,000 new homes a year by 2020.

New Strathaven homes to bring £14m investment Planning approval has been granted to David Wilson Homes for a development of 138 two-, three- and four-bedroom homes in Strathaven.

Japanese studio Naf Architect & Design rounded one corner of a newly-built Tokyo home to broaden a footpath for pedestrians who had grown used to cutting across the empty corner plot where it now stands. Akio Nakasa of Naf Architect & Design – who also recently completed a pair of houses t

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The owner of Edinburgh’s Ocean Terminal shopping centre has announced plans for a £6 million redevelopment the site with a scheme that will “include the introduction of new uses including residential and hotel development”.

Mark Guest More than half of Scottish oil and gas workers are pessimistic about their short-term prospects and three-quarters of the sector’s UK work force are considering working abroad, according to a new study.