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Turner Property Services Ltd has secured a new contract for the provision of Shire Housing Association's reactive and void repairs service. (from left) Turner Property Services' site supervisor Craig Allan and operations manager Alan Clark with repairs assistant Nicola McMillan a

Foxlake Dundee, the water-based adventure park on the city’s waterfront, has unveiled a £30,000 expansion plan.

A farmer accidentally annexed part of France to his native Belgium after moving a 200-year-old stone marking the border between the countries. The border marker has been in place since the border was first drawn up in 1819 and ratified in the Treaty of Kortrijk the following year.

Aberdeen Harbour Board has awarded two new contracts for the construction of the South Breakwater and Crown Wall, with a total value of £60 million.

CCG (Scotland) has submitted plans for a new care home located in Dalgety Bay, Dunfermline on behalf of care provider Morrison Community Care.

The owners of Murrayshall Country House Hotel and Golf Club in Perthshire have submitted a formal planning application into a £15 million development programme at the venue. Since acquiring the resort in 2016, Stellar Asset Management has invested over £2.5m in a firs

The rate of input cost inflation throughout the UK construction sector picked up for the seventh month in a row to reach record levels.

Mactaggart & Mickel has welcomed Inverclyde Council’s approval of their outline planning application for a residential development in Kilmacolm.

Supermarket chain Lidl has submitted a planning application to open a new store at Midlothian’s Straiton Retail Park. Under the plans, the new store will be formed from the former Marks & Spencer store and part of the current Boots unit, which will be relocating to the new upper terra

Civils contractor Nicol of Skene is set to double the number of suction excavators within its growing fleet to service an increasing number of contract wins with a pledge to support a local charity each time the machines are used on a new project. Since the introduction of the suction exca

Planning permission has been granted for an initial phase of nine affordable homes on Colonsay, prioritising the need for long-term residential homes on the island. The Colonsay Community Development Company (CCDC) is working in partnership with the Communities Housing Trust (CHT) to provide a

Dingwall-based firm WoodBlocX is expanding its manufacturing capacity with a £750,000 investment, which is expected to double production capabilities and create new jobs. WoodBlocX makes innovative kits for building raised beds and landscaping gardens. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) ha

A future housing development site in Bonhill has been chosen by West Dunbartonshire Council for a new pilot scheme of Passivhaus energy efficient homes. Innovative homes generally need 90% less energy for heating and hot water than standard buildings and so have very low running costs.

A Dutch couple has moved into Europe’s first 3D-printed house. The house in Eindhoven – the first of five within ‘Project Milestone’ – fully complies with all of the strict building requirements of The Netherlands. Uniquely, the project partners have realized a home wit

A consented 210 MW pumped storage hydro system (PSH) plus adjacent windfarm on the Queensberry Estate in Dumfriesshire is to be brought to market by Buccleuch.