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Andy Drummond, director of Hoover Ferguson (left) and John Ray, managing director of Raiths Farm Properties Developer Raiths Farm Properties has completed the first phase of its new 43-acre industrial business development and secured its first occupant.

Image courtesy of The Friends of the Union Chain Bridge Detailed investigation work is getting underway ahead of proposed improvements to a world famous bridge spanning the River Tweed between England and Scotland.

Professor David McClean Professor David McClean, head of the Robert Gordon University (RGU) Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment, will this Friday give a presentation to the Chief Planner for Scotland and more than 30 other Heads of Planning from across the country.

(from left) Tommy McKay, Stuart Mitchell, John Muir (Muir Group), John Watt (Muir Group), Robert Wilson and Iain Matthew A team of Scottish amputee football players is set to make its European debut this week, thanks to sponsorship from J W Muir Group, the Fife-based contractor, housebuilder and pro

Hardies assists DC Thomson to transform its Dundee HQ Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has completed its involvement in the extensive redevelopment and refurbishment of DC Thomson’s Dundee headquarters.

Work to install one of Scottish Water’s largest solar panel projects to date, at a waste water treatment plant in Montrose, has unearthed a lost piece of military history. Scottish Water Horizons, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Water, which is driving forward the organisation’s green agen

Construction recruitment is set to be revolutionised with the introduction of two unique technology innovations from Peace Recruitment, the leading specialist in recruitment for the built environment.

Oxgangs Primary School The past presidents of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) are to investigate the issue of build quality in the construction industry in light of the defects that led to the closure of 17 schools in Edinburgh earlier this year and subsequent events.

An aerial view of the Pacific Quay development site Plans to provide new homes, offices, restaurants and a new micro-distillery and visitor centre at Glasgow’s Pacific Quay will be unveiled at a public exhibition tomorrow.

Chemicals firm Ineos has announced plans to increase the capacity of the cracker facility used to break down gases at its site in Grangemouth. The company has submitted a planning application to Falkirk Council for the construction of a security management centre as well as two security gatehouses,

Ian Gibson Infrastructure group Robertson has secured a contract with Perth & Kinross Council worth £1.3 million.

No council high-rise block in Scotland contains the type of cladding said to have been used in the Grenfell Tower fire, it was confirmed yesterday as the first meeting of the Ministerial Working Group convened to examine building and fire safety regulatory framework took place. Last week the Scottis

Ministers have granted planning consent for a 30 turbine tidal park situated off the south-west coast of Islay. West Islay Tidal Energy Park will have a generating capacity of up to 30 MW, enough to power around 18,000 homes.

Douglas McLeod Ten site managers at Barratt Scotland developments carried home awards from Friday’s National House Building Council’s (NHBC) Pride in the Job Quality Awards.

HALO Kilmarnock proposals go on public display Members of the public are to have the opportunity to see proposals for The HALO development in Kilmarnock at a consultation event on June 29.