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A vital stage of the West Link project in Inverness swung into place yesterday with the opening of the new Torvean Bridge. The swing bridge opening represents a core element of the transformational West Link Project which is now drawing towards its conclusion.

Lucy Black from Construction Scotland Innovation Centre believes that 5G has the potential to support and accelerate efficiencies in the construction industry. Recently, the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre held an on-line event that looked at the potential impact of 5G on construction,

A family construction firm has won a top industry award for “outstanding” work on a Bridge of Allan kitchen renovation.  Kevin Wilson Joiners & Building Contractors was awarded the Best Kitchen Project honour by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) at its 2021 Scotl

Kingdom Housing Association has built six new homes in Glenrothes for social rent and handed them over to Fife Housing Association Alliance partner, Glen Housing Association. These new homes have been partly funded through a Scottish Government grant. An additional facility has been completed f

The drive to improve future housing options for people living in high-rise homes in North Lanarkshire is continuing as coronavirus restrictions ease. North Lanarkshire Council long-term plans in place to demolish all its tower blocks and a number of low-rise properties and replace them with 5,0

River Clyde Homes will hand over the first phase of modern new homes on the site of a former school in Port Glasgow later this year.

Scottish Building Society (SBS) has announced the opening of a £500,000 branch in Aberdeen to support existing customers and drive new business in the North East. The world’s oldest building society has completed the refit of a three-storey office block on the corner of Union Street and

Housebuilder Dandara East Scotland held a small road-naming ceremony last week recognising the courage and sacrifice of Jane Haining, a Church of Scotland missionary and Matron of the Scottish Mission School in Budapest, who died in Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944.

A family-run Scottish farm village is set to open a new adventure farm park and café in June, thanks to a £500,000 funding package from Bank of Scotland.

The weather can put a damper on any plans but imagine the impact it has on a construction site where bad weather can delay works for weeks. Weather is a risk for every construction project and some contracts have clauses in them to share the risk when a bad event occurs. In the traditional scenario,

Councillors are expected to approve plans for the proposed £50 million redevelopment and refurbishment of the Debenhams store on Edinburgh’s Princes Street.

Robertson Group is to lead the construction of a new packaging production facility in Livingston after being awarded an £18 million contract by Spanish packaging giant SAICA Group. The current building on the site, formerly a distribution centre for a leading supermarket ch

Network Rail is delivering a new £33 million train depot and staff accommodation facilities within the existing Cadder railway yard, between Bishopbriggs and Lenzie, as part of the Scottish Government’s ongoing investment in Scotland’s railway.

Fugro has been awarded a contract to survey Scotland’s entire rail network and provide Network Rail with a holistic gauging database that includes clearance data from the track to lineside structures, platforms, objects, and the train-to-train passing interface.

Plans have been submitted to build 250 new homes in a plan to redevelop the site of the one-time luxury Letham Grange resort hotel in Angus. Previously dubbed the ‘Augusta of the North’, the mansion-house hotel has fallen into increasing disrepair since its closure ten years ago.