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Part of the Castlegate is to have a temporary surface installed in the next few weeks which will ensure the area will be safer.

Independent Scottish housebuilder Allanwater Homes is the latest construction company to join the growing portfolio of property-focused PR agency Building Relations. The agency, which has offices across the UK including Edinburgh, London and Surrey, already boasts an impressive rollcall of internati

Westhill-based construction firm CHAP Group (Aberdeen) Ltd is expanding its civil engineering operations with the agreement to acquire A&A Civils Limited. The acquisition is expected to help boost CHAP’s annual revenues to over £80 million.

Bellway Homes has welcomed two new apprentices and a graduate to its Scotland West Division based in Hamilton. Junior Boyd-McKee, from Carluke, joins as an apprentice civil engineer alongside Alexandra Healy, from Hamilton who has been appointed an apprentice quantity surveyor. Both will attend univ

Balfour Beatty has invested over £5 million in new overhead line strategic assets to support the substantial growth in its Power Transmission & Distribution business. The company has the UK’s largest overhead line equipment fleet and over the last 18 months, has acquired eight new Pu

The former Free Church of Scotland site on Ayr’s Kirkholm Avenue could make way for a new housing project.

West Lothian Council have given a cautious welcome to plans for 332 new homes on the edge of Bents and Stoneyburn, which councillors previously rejected.

The site of a former public convenience at Barassie Beach, Troon, is to become a new restaurant.

Homes for Scotland (HFS) has expressed grave concern after new statistics revealed that planning appeals for more than 3,000 new homes have been dismissed by the Scottish Government. Statistics from the government's Planning and Environmental Appeals Division revealed that 16 out of 18 planning appe

Cruden Group has announced plans to deliver 184 new homes across three new sites in Glasgow and the Scottish Borders. The ambitious plans, which include 128 affordable homes and 56 homes for private sale, come hot on the heels of Cruden starting work on a further 218 new affordable homes across

Plans for a mixed-use development that includes a 60-bed care home in the Corstorphine area of Edinburgh have now been approved by council planners.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves's announcement of a rise in employer National Insurance from 13.8% to 15%, alongside a lowered threshold for NI payments, has drawn strong criticism from the UK's plumbing and heating industry.

Operators, contractors, training providers and industry partners came together at OEUK’s Aberdeen office last night to formally toast the achievement and growth of the industry-led Connected Competence programme. The event follows the win by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board

Clark Contracts held its annual Halloween fundraising event last week for nominated company charity, SAMH (Scottish Action for Mental Health), raising over £1,000 for the charity. 

The official opening for the 12 semi-detached homes at Ionad Dotair MacLeóid took place in Lochmaddy on 29 October 2024.  The site was named after Dr Alexander MacLeod who spent over 70 years caring for people on North Uist and delivered the majority of babies on the island. He set up hi