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Andrew Gower, head of occupier services at Paragon Edinburgh-based independent building and project consultancy Paragon has launched a dedicated occupier services offer following the appointment of a highly experienced specialist director.

A council hub in the heart of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile has been significantly refurbished by Esh Construction and is now delivering a more efficient and user-friendly service to the public. The Livingston-based construction specialist recently completed the fit out of the Customer Hub at 249 High St

Katy Dickson Scottish Land & Estates has appointed Katy Dickson as its new head of policy.

The city of Glasgow is a frontrunner in the race to become the new regional home for Channel 4, new research by planning and design consultancy Barton Willmore has revealed. The broadcaster has pledged to move some 300 staff to new headquarters outside of London by 2019 in a bold move to improve its

David Evans MBE (left) and housing minister Kevin Stewart MSP The producer of an innovation in internal wall insulation has launched a new Aberdeen factory to create jobs and continue its fight against fuel poverty.

As part of its commitment to raise £1 million for Maggie’s cancer centres throughout Scotland over the next ten years, Sir Robert McAlpine is hosting its inaugural charity football event for companies. The five-a-side event for footie-loving firms, which runs on Saturday June 2 in partnership wit

Hardies assists completion of conversion of nursing homes to flats in St Andrews Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has assisted the completion of the conversion of a former nursing home to six flats at The Scores, St Andrews on behalf of client Eastacre.

Kanye West has announced he is starting an architecture firm, Yeezy Home. The rapper posted on Twitter: “We’re starting a Yeezy architecture arm called Yeezy home. We’re looking for architects and industrial designers who want to make the world better”.

Morgan Sindall Group chief executive John Morgan Morgan Sindall has predicted that its 2018 results will be ahead of previous expectations following a strong start to the year.

The tender process for flood defence work in Stonehaven has been delayed because so many contractors have bid for the work. Aberdeenshire Council said it had drawn up a shortlist of five for the £16 million contract, but the timescale has "slipped by a few months" due to the "significant level of i

West of Scotland Housing Association's Earl's Green development in Troon West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has announced the appointment of Robertson Facilities Management to deliver its planned and reactive maintenance contract.

Workers at the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) have launched a petition to put pressure on its new chairman to reverse plans to outsource the organisation’s construction training and oppose plans to outsource so called ‘back office functions’. Members of the Unite union are collect

Dr Shamir Ghumra Ethical and sustainable construction champion Dr Shamir Ghumra has taken on a new role at helm of BREEAM.

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £1.4 million contract by Perth and Kinross Council to deliver ground investigation works for phase two of the Perth Transport Futures Project, the Cross Tay Link Road. The contract has been awarded through the Scape National Civil Engineering and Infrastructure fra

A £23 million animal science innovation centre and campus hub has been officially unveiled at the University of Edinburgh by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal. Designed by Atkins, the Charnock Bradley Building at the university’s Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies provides a place at t