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Plans to transform a disused city centre office block in Aberdeen into a 105-bedroom hotel have been given the green light. Councillors unanimously approved the plans by Mandale Construction North for the six-storey Custom House, on the corner of Guild Street and Stirling Street.

Hadden Group has been re-appointment on the Perth and Kinross Council Minor Works Framework for the next four years. The framework covers the whole range of public buildings including schools, residential and day-care homes, libraries, museums, community centres and offices.

New research has revealed that three-quarters of Scottish adults believe there is a shortage of homes for social rent, with modern construction methods tipped to offer solutions to the challenges. A study by Scape Procure Scotland has also suggested that it will take 33 years until everyone on the c

Uncertainty caused by Brexit is leading buyers and sellers in Scotland to sit tight in increasing numbers, according to the November 2018 RICS UK Residential Market Survey. The results from the latest survey show a weaker trend in sales than previous months with the headline indicators for

Children and families in need across Scotland will receive donations of money, food and gifts courtesy of building contractor McDermott Group this Christmas. A fleet of McDermott Group vans driven by staff dressed as Christmas elves will deliver donations to foodbanks in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Greenock

Services are being held again at Aberdeen Crematorium after a major refurbishment.

Sniffer dogs are being used to help find leaking water mains for the first time in Scotland and have scored a big success with two discoveries in the past few days. Scottish Water is deploying a team of specially trained dogs to help locate leaks in pipes in rural areas where the water does not alwa

The Scottish Building Federation (SBF) has voiced concerns about the future outlook for the Scottish construction industry as latest figures show employment in the sector fell by 5,000 in the third quarter of the year and output has dropped by £1.5 billion year-on-year. During the year to Sept

Dandara has submitted proposals to build more than 200 homes as part of a wider housing development in Aberdeen. Plans lodged with Aberdeen City Council will see the 216 homes developed on a site south of Hazledene Road, on the western outskirts of Countesswells.

As the level of housing completions continues to head in the right direction, the country’s home building industry has urged the Scottish Government to build on this positive news to enable it to deliver more of the homes Scotland’s growing population needs. Official statistics released

A review into the consultation process around the future location of a new Monklands Hospital is to report back by the end of February 2019. NHS Lanarkshire is currently consulting on proposals for a new or replacement hospital, with an alternative site in Gartcosh being promoted by the health board

Plans have been lodged for a new care home on vacant land in Dundee. James Paul Associates has brought forward its plans for the facility on Fairmuir Road on behalf of Balhousie Care Group.

Hamilton-based Platinum Facilities Maintenance has successfully completed a second contract for South Lanarkshire Council. The business, which employs twelve staff, cleaned the kitchen canopies and extracted ductwork of 68 council properties, including primary schools, leisure centres and nursing ho

East Renfrewshire Council has secured a range of community benefits as part of Morrison Construction’s delivery of the Greenlaw Business Centre in Newton Mearns. Four jobs, two apprenticeships, work experience placements and learning opportunities for schools are just some of the community ben

Housebuilder McTaggart Construction has delivered over 100 work placements this year alone. The company offers work placements to employability programme participants from the areas in which it is building new affordable housing, and this has been a record year for the company’s sustainable co