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President of Indonesia Joko Widodo is planning to relocate the nation's capital away from Jakarta, the world's fastest-sinking city. Bambang Brodjonegoro, national development planning minister of Indonesia, revealed the president's plans to move the capital off the island of Java.

Mackintosh at the Willow in Glasgow has been named Project of the Year, Scotland, at the RICS Awards 2019, Scotland, which celebrate the top, community-led built projects from across the country and the talent behind them. Image courtesy of Clark Contracts and Fraser Duff at Alexander Fraser Photogr

Construction of the extensive, mixed-use development on the site of the former Fountain Brewery in Fountainbridge has begun.

Potentially dangerous fire safety issues have been uncovered at a new-build development in West Lothian by a BBC investigation.

Infrastructure businesses Robertson has enhanced its commitment to employee development with a tour of its regional office network by its in-house Academy. Robertson Academy covers compulsory training and personal development across the company, as well as providing bespoke works

Funding for skills and economic development across the South of Scotland has been announced by rural economy secretary Fergus Ewing. Through the South of Scotland Economic Partnership (SOSEP), the former Johnston school building in Kirkcudbright, which is currently lying empty, will be transformed i

Development company S Harrison has submitted a planning application to give another disused site in West Edinburgh a new lease of life as a student accommodation scheme, less than two weeks after unveiling plans for a nearby site on Gorgie Road. This latest development will offer 394 bedrooms, inclu

The first of a series of collaborative workshops to explore ways to increase offsite construction of affordable homes has been launched at Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) by housing minister Kevin Stewart.

King’s Quarter – one of Edinburgh’s highest-profile, mixed-use regeneration projects – has reported ‘excellent’ sales progress, as it gears up for completion by the end of the summer. 

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has announced that pre-construction and the enabling works for a development of 295 new homes at its Spencer Fields development in Inverkeithing will officially start from 6 May 2019.

Self-driving trucks which could help speed up roadworks are being tested for the first time in England on the UK’s biggest road upgrade. The dump trucks, which move huge amounts of earth, have the potential to work around the clock, so could help reduce the length of time roadworks are on the

Plans to transform one of Edinburgh’s most important landmark buildings into a global visitor experience for Scotch whisky brand Johnnie Walker have been recommended for approval by planners at the City of Edinburgh Council. The planning application, jointly submitted by drinks giant

Scotland is to go greener, faster with world-leading targets in order to stop contributing to climate change within a generation under new, tougher climate change proposals.

Private housing workloads are upholding growth in the Scottish construction sector, despite political uncertainty, but supply is still falling short, according to the RICS UK Construction and Infrastructure Market Survey, Q1 2019.

Major plans to transform Dumbarton’s oldest building into a state of the art library and museum will be considered by councillors next month. The ambitious proposal would also see the existing library at Strathleven Place become a community collections store and archive where the public could