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Skanska UK has unveiled several internal appointments to its executive management team.

Fresh plans have been shared with the local community aimed at taking forward the Mountain Bike Innovation Centre project at the Caerlee Mill site in Innerleithen. The revised proposals will see the removal of the main building on the Caerlee Mill site - with a demolition application due to be submi

Network Rail will soon deliver nearly £5 million of investment in platform works at Alexandra Parade and Hillington West stations.

A £1.5 million new observatory is set to be built on the banks of Clatteringshaws Loch.

A new report by the Scottish Land Commission has revealed a significant slowdown in Scotland's forestry transactions and low activity in large-scale land sales. Only 0.5% of Scotland's land changed hands in 2023, with forestry transactions plummeting by 54% compared to the previous year. This declin

Inverness industry champion Billy Sweeney was recognised for excellence at a construction industry dinner held in Inverness last month.

A local firm in the north-east of Scotland has been awarded a multi-million-pound contract to help deliver a new HVDC converter station required as part of Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2), the UK’s largest ever electricity transmission project.

Six major UK engineering firms have launched The Engineers Reuse Collective (tERC), a not-for-profit group committed to accelerating reuse in the built environment to support the transition of the UK’s construction industry to net zero carbon. The first of its kind, the group convened due to g

An apprentice stonemason at John Laidlaw and Son in Jedburgh who trained at the Historic Environment Scotland (HES) Stirling Skills Training Centre, has seen off competitors from across the UK to be crowned winner of the Stonemasonry competition at this year’s SkillBuild National Finals. Lewis

Under One Roof, the Scottish charity dedicated to providing free and impartial information on tenement maintenance, repair and retrofit, has partnered with Mill Architects to strengthen solicitors’ knowledge around issues raised by tenement flat owners related to common building repairs,

Allied Surveyors Scotland has appointed Neil Kirk as director in its land and development surveying team. The move marks a homecoming for Neil, who began his career at Allied Surveyors in 2001 as a residential surveyor covering Perthshire and Dundee. Neil joins Allied Surveyors following a distingui

Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK has hit a significant milestone by reaching 500,000 hours without recording a single lost time incident (LTI) at North Kyle Wind Farm. The civil engineering firm is the principal contractor on Brockwell Energy’s £300 million 49-turbine scheme near Dalmelli

The Highland Council is in the process of producing a new Highland Local Development Plan (LDP).

Avison Young has appointed Craig Dodds as associate director to its Edinburgh Office. Mr Dodds arrives at the Edinburgh office as a specialist in commercial transactions and asset management, having spent six years at Workman LLP, working his way up to senior associate before taking up the role of a

A father couldn't believe his eyes when he spotted a Costa coffee cup snugly wedged into the wall of his home.