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Scottish Ministers have granted planning permission in principle for an onshore substation, electricity cables and associated infrastructure on part of the former Cockenzie Power Station site. A planning application for the development, submitted by Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm, was called in by Min

Almost £350 million to be invested over next ten years in an extended programme of capital investment in South Ayrshire. The record-breaking investment will deliver new and improved sports and leisure facilities, state-of-the-art schools, better roads, extend early years provision, and support

North Ayrshire Council is to bring forward plans for a new community campus at Ardrossan by three years under changes to its capital budget. Around £31.5 million has been allocated to replace Ardrossan Academy but the local authority is keen to access Scottish Government funding that will allo

Structural steel specialists J & D Pierce (Contracts) Ltd has been named as the steel contractor for the expansion to London City Airport. The £500 million City Airport Development Programme (CADP) will see the firm fabricate and erect the structural steelwork as well as design all the env

Plans to build 185 new houses in Stirling, including 46 affordable homes, have been given the green light. The development at Newpark Farm, St Ninians, will comprise a mixture of bungalows, cottage flats, short terraces, semi-detached and detached properties.

Construction work to build contemporary apartments on the site of the fire-hit Bervie Chipper in Stonehaven is underway, the developer has confirmed. Aberdeen-based development and investment firm West Coast Estates has appointed Burns Construction to undertake the £1.5 million project in Davi

Govanhill Housing Association is to progress improvements to its tenement housing stock in Glasgow with a large-scale renewals contract. A total of 126 of properties will have brand new kitchens installed by CCG Asset Management, the expert planned maintenance division of the CCG Group.

North Lanarkshire Council has unveiled plans to progress redevelopment proposals for two prominent sites in Monklands. An area of Bank Street in Coatbridge and the former Orrs building in Airdrie have, for a number of years, been identified as areas requiring redevelopment.

Legislation to support the establishment and capitalisation of the Scottish National Investment Bank has been published by the Scottish Parliament. The Bill grants the necessary powers to set up the Bank which will provide financing for businesses through their whole life cycle and fo

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Kier Construction Scotland hosted Fulton MacGregor MSP to its Scottish HQ at Stepps this week to hear about the work it is carrying out. Fulton MacGregor SNP MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston said: "I was delighted to visit Kier Construction Scotland’s newly refurbished HQ in Stepps today. 

A London-based banker has been awarded £500,000 in damages after successfully suing the architect he claimed did not deliver the “wow factor” when he built a home cinema suspended above an indoor swimming pool at his £7 million home. Philip Freeborn, a former head of operatio

Interserve has reported a pre-tax loss of £111.5 million for last year, improving on the £244.4m it lost in 2017. Results posted today by the troubled contractor show an improvement in underlying operating profit – up 10% from £84.5m in 2017 to £92.7m in 2018 – on

Architecture practice Hawkins\Brown has launched a dedicated Scottish studio this week, expanding its presence in the UK beyond existing studios in London and Manchester. The firm will celebrate the opening of Studio Scotland with a launch party and exhibition at The Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh

Construction firm Morris & Spottiswood has strengthened its senior management team with two new appointments. The £100 million turnover company has hired Scott Grant and Paul Tutty to drive the firm’s Leeds and Edinburgh offices respectively.