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The recovery in UK construction output gained considerable momentum in March, supported by robust rises in house building, commercial work and civil engineering.

Regeneration firm Urban Union is strengthening its team with a new appointment to its commercial department. Ewan Boyd will join the firm's head office in Glasgow, in his new role as senior quantity surveyor. 

Projects, individuals and teams from across Scotland are in the running to win at the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Awards for Planning Excellence 2021, it has been announced. Finalists from Scotland at this year’s event are:

Engineering specialist SES Engineering Services (SES) has completed its contract with main contractor Multiplex on a prestigious new £90 million learning space for the University of Glasgow.

An extensive programme of works for East Ayrshire’s roads network was agreed at a recent meeting of the local authority. The £11.6 million programme, which includes carriageway (excluding trunk roads) and footway structural maintenance, street lighting, bridge strengthening, the New Cumn

After marking the anniversary of its first-ever meeting, key members of the Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) have revealed their personal highlights of working together for the ever-expanding collective. The unique collaboration of trade associations, professional bodies, co

Vodafone director Kathy Quashie is to join Morgan Sindall Group as a non-executive director from June 1.   As director, enterprise indirect partnerships at Vodafone, Kathy is responsible for leading the market channel for partnerships across the UK. She has extensive strategic, commer

West Lothian Council has granted planning permission for the development of 48 homes in West Calder. Persimmon Homes East will build two, three and four-bed properties with access road, SUDS, landscaping and associated works at the new 1.55-hectare site, on land to the west of Hartwood Road.

Kubota Business Unit Engine Europe (BUEE), the European arm of the Japanese-headquartered corporation, is to further strengthen its engine line up with the announced development of a new electronic controlled diesel engine with an output below 19kW. The new Kubota 3-cylinder D902-K (displacement 0.8

Almost 150 new homes are set to be developed on top of existing apartment blocks in London thanks to a joint venture between a housing association and a developer.

Plans by Wellhouse Housing Association (WHA) to bring new housing to the area have taken an important step forward. The housing association is focused on the continued regeneration of the area, however, work to bring much-need homes stalled due to ground water flooding which has been an ongoing

Homes found to be sinking into the ground in Aberdeen will finally be demolished after the local authority issued a contract worth more than £400,000 for the work. Plans to knock down the city centre flats on both Erroll Street and Erroll Place have long been planned, but now the scheme h

Maryhill Housing has awarded a contract for the installation of air source heat pumps in its stock to Turner Property Services. The contract will involve replacing the existing electric storage heaters which are currently installed in Maryhill Housing’s ‘mini multi’ properties with

From January to March 2021, the volume of property sales in East Lothian was up 26.1% compared to the previous year, according to the latest figures published by ESPC.

Chartered surveyors DM Hall is set to move its base in North East Fife from Cupar to St Andrews. The firm will now be based at Unit 4, Slotline House, Largo Road, St Andrews, KY16 8NJ.