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Construction works have officially commenced at the former Calderwood Lodge Primary School in the south side of Glasgow.

Leiths (Scotland) Ltd has been fined £130,000 for health and safety failings uncovered after a worker died while working at a quarry in the Highlands in 2017. Pawel Kocik, 34, was suffered fatal injuries to the chest at the firm's Kishorn Quarry in Wester Ross.

The Scottish Government has today published a consultation on its Onshore Wind Policy Statement and its ambition to more than double Scotland’s onshore wind capacity by 2030.

Two drawings of the Mackintosh Building by architect Alan Dunlop have sold for their asking price at auction, contributing £1,000 to a crowdfunding campaign launched to fund a legal challenge against the Glasgow School of Art by a group of students.

The first renewable energy project to be delivered in the UK by Amazon is now operational and delivering clean energy to the grid.

The way that companies bid for South Lanarkshire Council contracts has been improved to help local firms. Under new arrangements for the simplified procurement process, more quotes will be sought from South Lanarkshire-based firms, and the size of the contracts that are available could be as much as

A housebuilder based in Coldstream in the Scottish Borders and a Housing Trust based near Aviemore have been named winners in the national Helping it Happen Awards 2021. Now in its fifth year, the Helping It Happen Awards have become firmly established in recognising the role of estates, farms, and

Livingston-based construction waste management and recycled aggregates company Brewster Bros has been named a winner at the Scottish Environment Business Awards for its work in recycling construction, excavation and demolition waste. Working with the construction sector since 2018, Brewster Bros has

Mactaggart & Mickel Group director Andrew Mickel has embarked on a gruelling 453-mile cycle ride from London to Glasgow to raise money for environmental charity Let’s Go Zero. Andrew is among 11 cyclists who are turning the spotlight on COP26, which is taking place in Glasgow, demonstratin

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors is bringing to market fully refurbished traditional townhouse office premises in Kilmarnock for sale.

A Nigerian actress who took to social media to call out a construction company for allegedly doing a ‘shabby’ job is now facing legal action for defamation of character. An aggrieved Bridget Moo flooded her Instagram page with several call-out posts as she accused Lagos-based c

Multiplex is facing a new compensation claim from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) regarding the design and construction defects that led to a public inquiry into infection deaths at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) campus in Glasgow. The health board is already su

Fifteen contractors have won places on a new £500 million framework to deliver new build, infrastructure and refurbishment works for the public sector in Scotland. The Public Buildings and Infrastructure (PB3) framework from Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) allows public sector organisation

Dandara East Scotland has appointed Jamie Scott to the newly-created role of commercial director to strengthen the housebuilder's ambitious growth plans across the central belt of Scotland. Jamie Scott is highly experienced, having previously worked for major developers Taylor Wimpey, Miller Ho

A new contractor has resumed vital repairs to Banff Harbour following the termination of the previous contract.