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Artist's impression of the Donside Hydro scheme Councillors have agreed to offer support to a pioneering community-owned energy project in Aberdeen.

Construction activity hit a nine-month high in November but average cost burdens rose sharply, with the rate of inflation the steepest since April 2011. The Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI ticked-up to 52.8 in November from 52.6 in October.

Scotland is ideally placed to become a global leader in the generation of electricity from renewable sources, according to new research from Savills. Savills Energy and Savills Research have combined to produce innovative analysis charting the growth and performance of the onshore wind sector in Abe

(from left) Michael Conroy (UCATT training), John Noble (Aberdeen City Council building services business development manager), Jamie Hepburn MSP, Mark Fordyce, John Dunbar, Scot Myles, Raymond Sim, Roger Chamberlain, James Aitken and Councillor Neil Cooney UCATT and Unite the Union invited Jamie He

Adam Ezzamel, project director for the EOWDC at Vattenfall (left) with chief executive at Aberdeen Harbour Board, Colin Parker Vattenfall to move to offshore wind farm support base in Aberdeen Harbour

Tulloch Homes, the housebuilder which has a controlling interest in the three stands at Inverness Caledonian Thistle’s Tulloch Caledonian Stadium, has offered to gift them to the club in a deal worth over £6 million. Tulloch’s relationship with the club began in 2001 and it built the north and

Fresh proposals have been unveiled for a £20 million revitalisation of Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen to coincide with a public engagement exercise. A key element of the Aberdeen City Centre Masterplan (CCMP) project, the Union Terrace Gardens (UTG) designs have been drawn up by landscape d

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: The Royal College Of Surgeons Of Edinburgh.

Paisley-based Citygate Construction (CGC) is on track to surpass £14 million in turnover in 2016 following a significant expansion into England. The construction firm said the record turnover figure had been boosted by winning a large number of contracts south of the border, with more in the pipeli

Proposals to kick-start the regeneration of an historic part of Ayr town centre are now moving forward after plans were approved to develop new office accommodation at the Riverside Block. Ayr Renaissance recently submitted a masterplan for a mixed development between High Street and the River Ayr w

A £16 million project to build two new Dundee schools and community facilities could come a step closer next week should councillors approve a tender from Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd. The new build development in the Coldside area of the city will replace Our Lady’s RC and Rosebank primary sc

Scott Webb (UKSE) and Robert Stevenson (SB & AS) A management buyout has been completed at Wishaw-based asbestos removal firm Specialist Building & Asbestos Services Ltd (SB & AS).

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has secured detailed planning consent from South Lanarkshire Council for 486 new homes in East Kilbride. The 61 acre site on land off Shields Road at Benthall Farm is allocated for housing in the South Lanarkshire Local Development Plan, and will allow Taylor Wimpey West

Scotland’s transition to the new Land & Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) was “operationally successful” but it is “too early to draw any definitive conclusions” on its impact on the property market, MSPs on a Holyrood committee have said. A report by the Scottish Parliament’s finance

Ambitious targets to build a new generation of affordable homes to help meet existing needs have been agreed by South Ayrshire Council. The Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) paves the way for almost 600 new homes to be built in the next five years.