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Housebuilder Persimmon has announced the departure of its chief executive Jeff Fairburn amid the long-running controversy over his £75 million bonus package. The company said today that Mr Fairburn will step down on December 31 adding that the decision was "by mutual agreement and at the reque

The Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh has appointed Reiach and Hall Architects to lead the refurbishment of its existing gallery building and the opening-up of the neighbouring warehouse building. The project aims to breathe new life into the Gallery and bring the adjacent building into active cultur

Construction and property consultancy Thomas & Adamson (T&A) has been appointed as quantity surveyor and contract administrator for the redevelopment of the historic David Stow Building, at Strathclyde University’s former Jordanhill Campus. The project will see T&A deliver QS servi

Around 100 new council homes are to be built in the Tannahill area of Ferguslie Park after plans were confirmed for a £14 million new build development. Construction of the new homes is expected to start in 2020, with funding from Renfrewshire Council and the Scottish Government.

Partners involved in building the new multi-million-pound The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA) have unveiled an opening date for the venue of summer 2019. TECA arena, conference centre and exhibition building is part of the new AECC project which includes two on-site hotels, an energy centre, extensive

CCG (Scotland) Ltd has completed a brand new waste transfer and recycling centre on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council. Located north of the city centre, the new station accommodates garden waste, dry mixed recycling, mixed glass and mechanical sweepings waste streams and will service an additi

The Highland Council has published updated guidance on financial contributions required from new developments towards new infrastructure and services. The Developer Contributions Supplementary Guidance now forms part of the council’s development plan which is used to determine planning applica

By Professor Peter Debney at engineering software specialist Oasys

Scottish parents want their children to have a future that makes a positive difference to society, according to new research released to mark Tomorrow’s Engineers Week (5-9 November). Nearly seven in ten (69%) of Scottish parents want their children to have a job that is something they can be

A Scottish company specialising in creating spaces that help people work more productively is launching a competition to win a stress-free residency in its Glasgow office. Alpha Scotland, which opened a new state-of-the-art office overlooking the River Clyde earlier this year, is offering

Coatbridge steel firm Cairnhill Steel Solutions has agreed a deal to sponsor the Melrose Sevens in 2019, to the delight of rugby legend Doddie Weir, who won multiple Scottish championships with Melrose RFC. Cairnhill works throughout the UK offering a range of clients steel solutions to complex engi

Fife Council has unveiled the winning companies for a £4.6 million tender of plant hire contracts.

A Deeside charity which provides training for young adults with learning disabilities is to build a new office using straw bales. The management team at Beannachar Camphill Community, located on a farm set near Banchory-Devenick, currently works out of a garage building on the site which is no longe

Key infrastructure projects across Scotland worth billions of pounds to the economy face cumulative delays of more than a decade, it has emerged. In an update on its major capital projects yesterday, the Scottish Government revealed that a dozen scrucial developments such as hospitals, roads, rail a

Consultancy and construction company Mace has appointed former Jaguar Land Rover senior executive Colin Harvey to lead its property consultancy business in the North of England and Scotland. Colin will hold responsibility at Mace for strategic and operational management of a property team of nearly