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Extended discussions and negotiations between Dundee planning officials and a local architect have led to plans for a new £6 million flagship building for Dundee city centre. Designed to take account of a neighbouring listed building, the apartment block in the Marketgait will contain 43 flats

Allan Callaghan There are signs for optimism in the new construction data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), despite a third consecutive three-month on three-month decline in output.

Bruce Forbes By Bruce Forbes, director of Angus Housing Association

Robin Presswood Dundee City Council has announced the appointment of Robin Presswood as its new executive director of city development.

Chris Soffe Chris Soffe FCIOB, CEO of Gleeds Americas, has become the 115th President of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

How the new homes from Ardenglen will look (Image courtesy of ARM Architects) Families in Glasgow’s Castlemilk are in line for £3.6 million housing boost after a major new housing development was announced.

(from left) Steve Wood, NHBC chief executive; Jeff Calder; Dean Ellis; David Mills; Alexander Taylor; Jan Ruddick; Garry Henderson; Graham Mann and Rory Bremner The best site managers in UK home building have been recognised for their dedication to health and safety at a ceremony hosted by top Briti

Views on the feasibility of a not-for-profit, publicly owned energy company are being sought by a Holyrood committee. The economy, jobs and fair work committee is inviting the public and stakeholders to give their views on options for a Publicly-Owned Energy Company (POEC) and what role it could tak

A special celebration cake marking the success of the Galston’s conservation initiative City Gate Construction (CGC) has praised an Ayrshire town’s effort to transform its appearance and recapture its historic appeal.

(from left) Nigel Munro (Henry Boot Developments), Cllr Jenny Laing (co-leader of Aberdeen City Council), Nick Waight (managing director at AECC) at the main entrance of the new venue Name announced for Aberdeen’s new £333m event venue

Scotland needs its own answer to the Angel of the North to revive Edinburgh’s neglected waterfront, according to a local businessman. Speaking in The Scotsman, Eddie Tait said he is forming a taskforce of MSPs and councillors to take forward his vision of transforming “Scotland’s Bondi Beach�

Kevin Whitaker has been appointed as the new chief executive at CALA Group as the housebuilder delivered a sixth consecutive year of strong performance.

Scotland saw 54% more infrastructure output per person than London in 2017 and also came out top in cumulative infrastructure output per person between 1997 and 2017, according to new research. Commissioned to “shine a light on the delivery of infrastructure projects across the UK since 1997”, t

The UK government's “overriding priority” for outsourcing is spending as little money as possible while “forcing contractors to take unacceptable levels of financial risk” has been exposed by the collapse of Carillion, a committee of MPs said today. Releasing its latest report into the contr

Robertson Property is developing plans for a 90-bed hotel and 99-bed student accommodation development at Abbey Park, St Andrews. It is proposed that the site will be complemented with an extensive park area in front of the buildings.