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David Mundell, local MP for Dumfries, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, met up with Whiteburn’s project director Roger Bainbridge and project manager Charlie Bain last week to see the progress that’s being made at the Caerlee Mill development in Innerleithen. Planning consent was granted in Augu

A man from Rhode Island has built a roller coaster in his grandfather's backyard.

Dundee City Council’s construction services division accounted for more than half of all whistleblowing allegations made against the local authority in the last year, according to a new report. A report prepared for a meeting of the scrutiny committee shows 24 whistleblowing allegations w

Glasgow City Council has kick-started work to improve cycle and pedestrian infrastructure between the University of Glasgow and Govan as plans are also lodged for a proposed connecting bridge to Partick.

A new-build restaurant and gym development is being proposed for an open corner site in Milngavie.

New plans have been submitted on behalf of Hillcrest Housing Association for 18 flats at the site of a former Dundee hotel.

Plans to deliver a housing development at Govan Graving Docks appear to have been abandoned in favour of returning the site to industrial, heritage and cultural use.

Contractor George Leslie has been appointed to undertake a £2 million project to re-naturalise the Garrell River, create new paths and conserve threatened habitats and species at Dumbreck Local Nature Reserve in Kilsyth. Initially postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the p

SELECT’s values of cooperation, collaboration and commitment have guided the organisation through one of the most challenging years in its 120-year history, its first-ever digital annual report has revealed.

Nick Busby sets out problems caused by conventional project control systems and provides a way forward for using an integrated data management system effectively.

Repairs and maintenance contractor Home Fix Scotland (HFS) is creating new opportunities for people in the construction industry.

Sainsbury’s will open a new store at Aberdeen’s new town of Countesswells. 

A construction worker got the shock of a lifetime when he stumbled across what appeared to be a brain while on a leisurely walk along the beach. Jimmy Senda was walking along Racine Beach in Wisconsin earlier this month when he spotted the 'organ', which had been placed inside of a square

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has indicated that rule breaches have been discovered in its investigation into KPMG’s audits of collapsed contractor Carillion.

The UK Government's plans to ensure trade can be carried on unhindered in each of the four home nations once the UK severs its ties to the EU will weaken Scottish building standards designed to prevent Grenfell-like disasters, a leading architect has warned. Peter Drummond, a senior member of the Ro