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Scotland’s NHS is facing a £899 million maintenance backlog bill despite a marginal improvement in property standards, an official report has confirmed. The ‘State of the Estate’ report revealed that the proportion of NHS buildings classified as being in a good condition has improved from 58%

Workers take advantage of a gap in the weather to continue work on the west gable of the Mackintosh Building Work to complete the stabilisation of the west gable of the Mackintosh Building has been delayed due to the recent bad weather.

Angus Council has issued a call for entries as it launched a region-wide search to find the Building of the Decade in its Angus Design Awards 2018. The council wants to hear from building owners and designers about new developments, restoration or conversion work that has been completed between 2008

Building more co-living developments and micro-homes in urban areas top the list of people’s preferred solutions to the housing crisis according to new research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), while building on the greenbelt is the least favoured solution. The FMB asked 2,000 home owne

Emtec completes work on Anchorline Aparthotel project Work has been completed on a full refurbishment of an existing city centre building originally constructed in 1907 in the heart of Glasgow city centre.

Rosyth Dockyard has been named one of the top 200 civil engineering projects which has helped shape the world and transformed people’s lives for the better. To mark the 200th anniversary of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), the Institution is celebrating 200 inspirational and world-changin

Councillors have appointed Graham Construction to build the new state-of-the-art Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh. A report to the City of Edinburgh Council’s finance and resources committee yesterday recommended the contractor as the preferred bidder to demolish the existing building and con

Plans have been formally submitted to “significantly expand” the visitor centre at Lowlands distillery Glenkinchie. Diageo’s plans centre around the renovation and conversion of Glenkinchie’s traditional red brick warehouse buildings into a multi-levelled visitor experience, which will inclu

Ken Munro Construction Scotland has announced the appointment of Ken Munro to its Industry Leadership Group (ILG).

Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL) has taken the next step towards meeting the site’s waste management challenge by awarding a £22 million construction contract. The project will see Graham Group extend an existing above ground intermediate level waste store to house intermediate level wast

TPA Portable Roadways (TPA) has marked strong growth in demand for its temporary access solutions with a £4 million investment in new products, vehicles and the expansion of its operations in Scotland. Part of the Vp plc group, TPA offers an extensive range of portable roadways, walkways and ground

A planning application has been submitted for the demolition of several town centre properties in Hawick and the development of a new business incubator centre. It is proposed that the former Armstrong’s department store building in Oliver Crescent and two former church buildings in Teviot Crescen

Aberdeen City Council will join forces with private developers next week with the aim of driving forward with plans to deliver 2,000 new council homes. An open session for developers will be held from 1.30pm at the Beach Ballroom on October 16 as a new approach to meeting housing challenges is progr

Young Robertson employees (from left) Ailsa Howie, Ryan McCord, Euan Martin, David Hill, Shaun Gormley, Christy Robertson and Hayley Shepherd at the Macallan Distillery Infrastructure firm Robertson is celebrating a gold standard after receiving a prestigious industry award that cements its exemplar

House of Fraser buys 'Harrods of the North' for £95m House of Fraser today vowed to create the 'Harrods of the North' after announcing a £95 million deal to acquire the freehold of the iconic Frasers building in Glasgow.