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Robertson Homes has extended its presence in Inverness with the launch of three new developments in the city. In a major expansion of its profile in the Highlands, the company is to build more than 180 new homes at Ness Castle, Great Glen Heights and Great Glen Hall.

Morrison Construction project nominated for prestigious planning award The £48.5m Wick Community Campus built by Morrison Construction has been announced as a finalist at the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Awards for Planning Excellence 2018.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced it will introduce its new training model and grant scheme in April as the organisation sought to reaffirm its commitment to its transformation programme. The CITB Board met last week to discuss and review the progress made so far to achie

Holyrood's local government and communities committee will continue to examine the Planning (Scotland) Bill tomorrow as it hears evidence from organisations from the country’s builders and planners. Tammy Swift-Adams, director of planning, Homes for Scotland, Jenny Hogan, deputy chief executive, S

The wait is almost over for the East Lothian Community Hospital as the project takes another major step forward this week. The keys to the freshly completed Out-Patients Department were given to NHS Lothian on February 23 and will open to patients from March 12.

New primary school takes shape at Wallyford Work on the new Wallyford Primary School in East Lothian is making good progress with the majority of its structural steel frame now complete.

Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering looks set to be awarded the contract to deliver Dundee’s £32 million Regional Performance Centre for Sport. Councillors are being asked to accept a tender from the firm which could allow work to start on the facility in May, with a construction completion date of

A year of “solid progress” and acquisitions has helped Breedon to record its biggest year to date with improved performances from all three divisions. Audited annual results for the year ended 31 December 2017 for the construction materials group revealed a pre-tax profit of £71.2 million (2016

BAM Construction and hub West Scotland have launched a new skills programme with pupils from Lourdes Secondary in Glasgow’s south-side. With support from the Developing Young Workforce Glasgow Opportunity Fund, staff from BAM will deliver a ten week programme encouraging S3 female pupils to consid

The Highland Council has agreed a capital programme of £482 million over the next five years. The local authority serves the largest geographical area in Scotland (over 30%) and has just under £2bn of assets on its balance sheet comprising, amongst other things, 203 operational schools, over 6,700

Plans to develop 256 homes and a park on the banks of the River Dee in Torry have been submitted by the Aberdeen Harbour Board. A proposal of application notice has been lodged with Aberdeen City Council for the development on a strip of land between the river and South Esplanade West ahead of the p

Balfour Beatty is to end operations at its Kintore substation design office by the end of the month with 25 employees set to lose their jobs. The company said a challenging last two years was to blame for what was a "difficult decision".

Ten Scottish sites are in the running to host a logistics hub which will participate in the off-site construction of a new runway for Heathrow Airport, generating 16,000 new jobs in Scotland. Representatives from Heathrow Airport will head to Scotland to progress its search for the Scottish hub, whi

Aberdeen City Council is to develop plans for the delivery of 2,000 new council homes following this week’s annual budget meeting. Elected members have instructed the director of resources to report back to the city growth and resources committee with self-financing business plans, in conjunction

Salaries for Scottish property professionals have increased to a ten year high, according to a new survey. The 2018 Salary Survey by RICS and Macdonald & Company found that the base salaries grew on average by 11% to £50,969 across Scotland.