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Luxury shoe retailer Jimmy Choo has appointed Caledonia Contracts to complete refurbishment works within the Harvey Nichols store in Edinburgh. The brand traces its roots to a bespoke shoemaker named Jimmy Choo, based in the East End of London in the early 1990s, who catered to the global jet set, i

Property specialist Graham + Sibbald has strengthened its project management team to satisfy high levels of demand for services. Neil MacFarlane (left) and Sean Donnelly

New build and current council housing in Renfrewshire is to benefit from a £75 million investment over the next three years after the local authority agreed it Housing Capital Investment Plan. Initially, £24m will be invested in 2020/21 to support planned investment programmes, regenerat

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) board member Emma Marriott on diversity and women in construction.   Tokenistic. Tickbox. Lip Service. These are just a few of the words that are commonly used by employees to describe how seriously their organisation takes the topic of diversity i

West Lothian Council is set to invest more than £340 million over eight years on assets to support the delivery of essential services.

Plans to improve schools and other education facilities across West Dunbartonshire over the next decade are set to be presented to councillors. A series of priority projects have been identified as part of the Learning Estate Strategy 2020-2030 including a new build campus developed incorporating a

Housing minister Kevin Stewart has hailed a 24% increase in new build home starts across all sectors as the latest quarterly statistics on new housebuilding and affordable housing supply were released today. According to the latest figures, the number of new build homes that were started in the year

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has submitted an application for planning permission in principle to Midlothian Council for the provision of around 1,000 new homes at Dalhousie Chesters, Bonnyrigg.

Thenue Housing has applied for planning permission to develop 18 terraced houses and cottage flats at the site of a former school in north east Glasgow

Morris Leslie Ltd has submitted fresh plans to build 240 homes near Errol Airfield, along with commercial units, open space, play areas and infrastructure to connect the development to the wider area.

Leading women working in Scotland’s construction industry aimed to attract Stirling’s female high school pupils to take up a career in construction last week. 70 female students took part in the skills day hosted at Bannockburn High School. The event was led by prominent women working ac

A workshop is set to explore in-depth the practical steps the construction sector in Skye can take to use sustainable materials in the design of local buildings and infrastructure.

A campaign to attract more people into careers in construction kicks off this month, as 16 Scottish construction sites welcome in members of the public for special tours – including a world-leading research facility at the University of Glasgow.

Barclays has supported the recent refurbishment of Loch Lomond destination, Duck Bay, which has unveiled a new look restaurant, coffee shop and bar.

The operators of a new family play complex on Glasgow’s South Side have applied for planning permission to tie an 11-foot inflatable rocket to a chimney at the B-listed premises.