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Smart infrastructure solutions company Costain said it remains on course to deliver a full year performance in line with its revised expectations despite a plunge in first half profits. Contract delays and project cancellation saw pre-tax profits fall by 58% to £8.4 million in the six months e

Around £100 million has been provided for the construction of over 450 homes on the site of the former Sunnyside Royal Hospital and surrounding estate in Montrose. Sunnyside Estates Ltd has undertaken the development as a joint venture between local company Pert Bruce Construction and Edinburg

Construction materials supplier Breedon has announced its intention to move the tax domicile of the group from Jersey to the United Kingdom.

A Cornish manufacturer and nationwide delivery partner of ground source heat pumps has expanded into Scotland with the appointment of a community heating specialist in Glasgow. Matthew Black joins Kensa Contracting, a specialist in the large scale installation of Cornish-manufactured Kensa ground so

In a bid to further increase the provision of new affordable homes West Dunbartonshire Council has formed a new partnership with local housing associations and is to consider the introduction of alternative tenures at a development in Clydebank East.

A consortium which represents housing associations based in East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde and Renfrewshire is to host a Meet the Buyer event for its highly successful property investment and maintenance related Framework for 2020 - 2024. The i-Flair consortium published a Prior Information Notice (P

Property consultant CBRE has announced the appointments of Moira Gordon and Kirsty Gordon from FG Burnett to its Scottish rating team in Aberdeen. Moira, who joins CBRE as a director, was recently promoted to head of rating having worked in FG Burnett’s Aberdeen office since 2010.

The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group has written to the secretary of state for BEIS Andrea Leadsom MP and new UK construction minister Nadhim Zahawi MP to prioritise action on fair payment for construction SMEs. As an industry body that has campaigned for many years on fair payment, S

Scotland’s timber industry can help tackle the UK’s housing crisis and the global climate emergency, a Westminster inquiry has heard.

A drop-in event is being held in Maryhill Burgh Halls this weekend that will provide information on an innovative self-build project in that part of Glasgow.

Plans have been lodged to renovate an Aberdeen city centre church.

A series of tests will be made on homes in Clydebank in an attempt to reduce the impact of aircraft noise.

A construction company which is being sued for £3.8 million by a hotelier following a contractual dispute has successfully challenged a court ruling preventing it from having the case resolved by adjudication.

Miller Homes has announced its interim results today as the housebuilder prepares to consult on plans to deliver more than 200 homes on a former university campus on the outskirts of Barrhead. Planning permission is being sought to create 233 homes on the University of the West of Scotland’s T

Multi-disciplined architectural visualisation CGI studio Wireframe Immersive is to merge into Soluis Studios, part of Soluis Group. The small Glasgow business is established in creating compelling photo-realistic imagery for local property developers, architectural designers and construction compani