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The Structural Concrete Alliance has announced its final Practical Demonstration Day in 2018 will take place on Wednesday 12 September at Glasgow Caledonian University. Those wishing to attend are encouraged to book early as the events are extremely popular. Earlier sell-out events during 2018 were

Administrators have been appointed at a Fife-based steel fabrication firm with the loss of 25 jobs. Rippin Limited had been trading from Cowdenbeath since 1974 where it operated across Scotland and the north of England providing services to the UK construction industry.

Building preservation company Richardson & Starling has created six new jobs and expanded its office space after agreeing a new council contract. The firm has doubled the floor space of its Kirkcaldy office by purchasing a building adjacent to its premises on Mitchelston Industrial Estate.

A seasonal upturn in property market activity has delivered a £57 million boost to Scottish Government revenues, generating the third highest monthly return since the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) was introduced.

The ACCORD Hospice has opened the doors to its new inpatient unit in Paisley following a £1.1 million refurbishment carried out by McLean Architects and Clark Contracts. Utilising the existing footprint of the unit, the hospice worked closely with the architects and contractor to create a modern, h

Soil Engineering Geoservices Ltd has been awarded a ground investigation contract worth over £1.1 million as part of the A9 Dualling project. The firm will undertake the work on the five-mile Tay Crossing to Ballinluig stretch of the route.

Balmedie to Tipperty section of AWPR to fully open to traffic The 12 km (approx. 7.5 miles) Balmedie to Tipperty section of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Road/Balmedie to Tipperty (AWPR/B-T) project will fully open to traffic tomorrow.

Tennis star Johanna Konta is facing opposition from environmental campaigners over proposals to build in ancient woodland that inspired the Winnie-the-Pooh adventures. The Woodland Trust is objecting to plans by the British number one to demolish a building and construct a four-bedroomed, one-and-a-

The Glasgow School of Art has applied for retrospective listed building consent for alterations to the Mackintosh Building as work continues to stabilise the structure. The alterations concerned the partial downtaking and consolidation of the A-listed building as well as temporary works to make it s

England should follow Scotland’s lead and devise a coherent strategy to integrate land use planning with transport planning to improve air quality, the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has said. In its response to the UK government’s Clean Air Strategy consultation, the RTPI has criticised t

A new planning application has been approved which will deliver further homes and retail spaces within the new community of Countesswells. Following submission of a joint planning application with CHAP Homes, Countesswells Development Limited has secured consent to construct 85 residential units and

Housebuilder and offsite manufacturer the Stewart Milne Group has teamed up with the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) and Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) to better understand and measure current site productivity, downtime and waste. CSIC and GCU also have a longer term ambition of

The introduction of a new Compulsory Sales Order (CSO) power would tackle the blight of abandoned buildings and parcels of vacant and derelict land in town centres and communities across Scotland, according to the Scottish Land Commission. In a report published today, the public body has argued that

A woman has availed herself of the ancient Norman rite of Clameur de Haro in an attempt to stop the narrowing of a road in Guernsey. Rosie Henderson invoked the clameur by kneeling and crying for help and reciting the Lord’s Prayer, in Norman French.

New build flats in Scone handed over to Perth & Kinross Council Perth & Kinross Council has celebrated the completion of its latest development of new-build homes.