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Pupils across Moray have benefited from a series of dedicated construction sector workshops – the first event of its kind in the region. The ‘Constructing Your Future’ events were developed, and hosted, by Robertson and Moray Council as part of the ‘Moray Skills Pathway&rsquo

A Glasgow-based housebuilding firm is coming to Santa’s rescue this year by handing out ‘Magic Keys’ to local residents in order to make sure Mr Claus can make all of his scheduled deliveries on Christmas Eve.  David Wilson Homes, responsible for the housing developments acros

A developer who tore down a historic San Francisco house has been ordered to build an exact replica - and install a plaque outside explaining what happened. Property speculators have made a game out of tearing down historically protected homes, then retroactively applying for demolition permits, and

A Dundee development firm has unveiled its vision for what would be the tallest building in Scotland on the city’s waterfront. Invertay Homes said its 39-storey Discovery Heights concept would create the ‘Sydney Opera House of Scotland’.

Partners behind proposals to transform Granton Waterfront into a vibrant, well connected, new city quarter have signed a new agreement. The City of Edinburgh Council, National Galleries of Scotland, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh College, Scottish Government and Scottish Futures Trust will

Balfour Beatty has forecasted that its performance for the year will be above previous expectations as a result of an additional infrastructure investments sale in December. The construction group, which has been delivering the Aberdeen bypass in a joint venture with Galliford Try, said today that t

Clark Contracts has been appointed to Registers of Scotland’s small to medium works framework, which will operate over the next three years. The framework will see approximately £10 million of projects delivered within RoS’s Meadowbank House office in Edinburgh.

North of Scotland housebuilder Tulloch Homes has initiated a major push south with two major new developments in the Central Belt. The firm said it is expanding with more than £60 million investment in a number of new locations, including concluding the acquisition of its most southerly ventur

Plant hire services firm Speedy has acquired Glasgow-based construction and professional services training provider Geason.

Network Rail has appointed Amco as the main contractor for the planned £13 million enhancement of Dunbar station.

Marking a decade since the introduction of Home Reports, Eric Curran highlights issues such as length, categories, valuation price and the importance of being on a lender panel. It is quite remarkable that it is now 10 years since Home Reports, the initiative which radically altered the Scottish hou

A housebuilder is giving first-time buyers the chance to snap up properties for a fraction of the price thanks to its ‘Golden Share’ initiative.

Plans for a new crypt to provide a final resting place for nearly 2,000 intact skeletons found at St Nicholas Kirk in Aberdeen have been lodged, the BBC has reported. The remains were discovered at The "Mither Kirk" during repairs in 2006.

More than £5 billion of capital investment is to be made in 2019-20 to deliver on the Scottish Government’s aim to “grow and modernise” infrastructure, finance secretary Derek Mackay has announced. Presenting his Scottish Budget 2019/20 to the Scottish Parliament yesterday, M

Robertson Group has appointed Scott Wilson as executive director of development. Scott – who has spent his entire career working in the construction industry – brings 20 years of front-end business development experience to the business, most recently as UK business development director