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Construction workers have unearthed human remains while carrying out work at an Edinburgh primary school. Builders working for Morrison Construction found a skeleton while digging foundations for a new classroom at St Mary's Primary, near to Leith Links.

North Ayrshire Council has a Public Private Partnership (PPP) bill of over £1 million a month to ensure the upkeep of just four schools, it has been revealed. A Freedom of Information (FoI) request to the local authority by GMB Scotland has shown PPP contract costs for 2016-17 of nearly £12.9m.

Housebuilder Persimmon has reported an 8 per cent increase in forward sales revenue to date this year with the average selling price up 5.8 per cent to circa £220,000. Reporting current trading, financial performance and the outlook for the current financial year ahead of its annual general meeting

David Webster Mott MacDonald has appointed David Webster as a director in its highways business in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Two schools in Argyll and Bute are in need of repairs after the local authority conducted checks in light of the closure of schools in Edinburgh, it has emerged.

Fergus Ewing, Scottish minister for business and Energy and Tourism with St Andrews University quaestor Derek Watson (centre) and Dave Raley, Vital Energi construction manager Scottish energy minister Fergus Ewing has commended the University of St Andrews’ £25 million green energy centre current

Morrison Construction has started on a new £4.3 million learning disability centre in Aberdeen. The facility is being built on the site of the old Burnside Day Centre on Mastrick Drive, between Muirfield School and Hillylands Independent Living Centre.

David Melhuish Scottish Property Federation director David Melhuish summarises the latest developments in Scottish real estate policy, and explains what is being done to attract investment into Scotland’s cities.

Ruth Davidson The Scottish Conservatives have set out plans to build 100,000 new homes across Scotland over the next five years.

Engineers begin next phase of Queen Street station works Major works at Queen Street station in Glasgow are entering the next phase, ScotRail has said.

Johnstone Town Hall Johnstone Town Hall in Renfrewshire has received the coveted Project of the Year Award at the RICS Scotland Awards 2016.

Andrew Burns Building defects and flaws have been uncovered in all 17 schools in Edinburgh closed for safety reasons earlier this month and some could remain closed until the summer, the council has revealed.

The UK government’s flagship energy-saving programme, the Green Deal, has not achieved value for money because it failed to persuade householders that energy efficiency measures are worth paying for, the National Audit Office has found. A report by the watchdog published yesterday revealed that th

Tulloch Primary School Perth and Kinross Council has revealed £23 million proposals to demolish and rebuild two primary schools.

Plans for the Paisley development Construction work on a new Centre for Scottish War Blinded in Paisley is to begin next month.