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Dundee’s new V&A museum and Aberdeen’s new Exhibition and Conference Centre, which are both making use of cutting-edge green energy technology, are among the finalists for the 2018 Scottish Green Energy Awards. The shortlist also includes innovative renewable energy schemes in some of Scotla

Sixty jobs are to be created as budget hotel chain Travelodge moves to open new hotels in Glasgow and Edinburgh as part of a £100 million expansion plan. The firm is searching for a further 10 hotel sites close to the UK’s biggest conference and event venues.

The National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) has revealed the shortlist for its awards which recognise outstanding standards of workmanship and technical expertise in the roofing industry within Scotland. Entries were judged by an independent expert panel, with the finalists chosen for exce

Plans to create a shared education and leisure campus in Neilston are being taken forward by East Renfrewshire Council after consultation results revealed support for the proposal. Councillors on the education committee considered the results of a formal six-week consultation into the proposal and a

Work begins on new council housing development in Craigmillar Work on a major new housing development at Craigmillar town centre for the City of Edinburgh Council is now underway.

Planning applications for 68 homes at Dunbar and works at three Ash Lagoons at Levenhall Links have been given the green light by East Lothian Council. Councillors on the local authority’s planning committee heard that the site south of Dunbar’s Brodie Road had previously been earmarked for a ho

Construction output across the UK continued to recover following a relatively weak start to the year, with the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showing an increase of 2.9% in the three months to August 2018. According to ONS Construction Output data released this morning the

Independent housebuilder Stewart Milne Group has increased its in-take of apprentices to help meet the growing shortage of tradespeople as it embarks on eight new developments in the next six months. The firm has recruited nine new apprentices into its expanding homes division in Central Scotland to

Sites at Longannet and Hunterston have been shortlisted as potential homes for a factory for specialised rolling stock engineering company Talgo that could employ up to a thousand people. Mainly focused on designing, manufacturing and servicing technologically differentiated, fast, lightweight train

JCB wins deal worth more than £13m from Lomond Plant Lomond Plant has bought more than 250 JCB models in a deal worth in excess of £13 million – including a fleet of the brand new JCB X Series excavators.

A proposal to transform the site of the former headquarters of East Dunbartonshire Council into social housing is one step closer. The proposed plan for the Kirktintilloch site is for 98 affordable homes including a mixture of one, two and three bed flats, two bed cottage flats, of which four are wh

Architectural lighting company branches out into Scotland With the increase in demand of architectural feature lighting throughout the construction industry, Studiotech has appointed a new team based in Edinburgh to help increase their presence in Scotland and surrounding areas.

A young trainee site manager had the honour of handing over the keys for the new Bellfield Centre, the flagship part of the new £37 million Stirling Health and Care Village. Kieran Day, a 21 year old trainee with Robertson, was one of hundreds of construction staff involved in the building.

The new face of a £20 million hotel built on a key gap site in Edinburgh’s historic city centre has been unveiled after more than two years hidden under scaffolding. The frontage of the 98-room design led Market Street Hotel situated right in the heart of Edinburgh’s UNESCO World Heritage and O

Mechanical and electrical services contractor Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd has successfully been appointed to a City of Edinburgh Council school contract on behalf of Maxi Construction Ltd.