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Artist's impression of the Donside Hydro scheme Councillors have agreed to offer support to a pioneering community-owned energy project in Aberdeen.

Construction activity hit a nine-month high in November but average cost burdens rose sharply, with the rate of inflation the steepest since April 2011. The Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI ticked-up to 52.8 in November from 52.6 in October.

Scotland is ideally placed to become a global leader in the generation of electricity from renewable sources, according to new research from Savills. Savills Energy and Savills Research have combined to produce innovative analysis charting the growth and performance of the onshore wind sector in Abe

(from left) Michael Conroy (UCATT training), John Noble (Aberdeen City Council building services business development manager), Jamie Hepburn MSP, Mark Fordyce, John Dunbar, Scot Myles, Raymond Sim, Roger Chamberlain, James Aitken and Councillor Neil Cooney UCATT and Unite the Union invited Jamie He

Adam Ezzamel, project director for the EOWDC at Vattenfall (left) with chief executive at Aberdeen Harbour Board, Colin Parker Vattenfall to move to offshore wind farm support base in Aberdeen Harbour

Tulloch Homes, the housebuilder which has a controlling interest in the three stands at Inverness Caledonian Thistle’s Tulloch Caledonian Stadium, has offered to gift them to the club in a deal worth over £6 million. Tulloch’s relationship with the club began in 2001 and it built the north and

Policies employed by Laing O’Rourke over the extent of union access being permitted to its £212 million Dumfries hospital project amount to “backdoor blacklisting” and “can’t be tolerated on a public sector project”, construction union UCATT has said. The two parties are at loggerheads

George Brewster of Shepherd (left) and Derek Ferrier of Hardies Surveying practice Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has today announced its merger with multi discipline property and construction consultants, Hardies.

Wick Community Campus (pic from Ryder Architecture) A new £48.5 million community campus project in the Highlands has been further delayed.

The first ever comprehensive survey of Glasgow’s city centre office stock has revealed that there is less space on the market than previously thought. The report conducted by property agents Cushman & Wakefield shows that there is currently a total of 13.8 million sq ft of office space in the

Neil Collar Why do Ministers call-in planning cases? Does it make any difference to outcomes? Neil Collar from Brodies discusses.

NHS Grampian project director Jackie Bremner and Graham Construction regional director Gary Holmes shake on the deal - surrounded by senior colleagues from their organisations Graham Construction has been selected to develop two new health facilities for NHS Grampian within its Foresterhill Health C

Plans to invest £163 million into building almost 1,200 affordable homes in the Scottish Borders have been approved by councillors. However, it came with a warning that the construction sector would have to be worked with closely in order to see the plans delivered.

Around two thirds of social landlords in Scotland have insufficient in-house skills and capacity to deliver an expanded programme of new affordable housing beyond what they currently have planned, a new survey has revealed. According to the poll, this includes one third who say they have no or insuf

Illustrations showing variety of colours utilised in the communal areas of a single housing development Innovative design solutions could play a crucial role in helping to ensure that Scotland’s existing housing stock is equipped to meet the changing needs and expectations of a rapidly ageing popu