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Rubislaw Quarry homes plan Sepa objects to £68m Rubislaw Quarry plans

Balfour Beatty Summer Placement student and sharpshooter David McMath has won Commonwealth gold in the men's ‘Double Trap’ shooting event for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in Bisbane after an exciting final.

Court of Session Perth-based energy giant SSE, which was seeking £130 million in damages from an engineering contractor following the collapse of a tunnel at a Fort Augustus hydro-electric scheme nearly a decade ago, has won its appeal over the affair.

Construction output in the UK has continued its recent decline with February Office for National Statistics figures showing that the sector suffered a 1.6 per cent month-on-month fall, and compared with February 2017, construction output fell 3.0 per cent; the biggest month-on-year fall since March

The UK is often accused of having a ‘not in my back yard’ mentality, with new research by insurer AXA showing that two thirds of respondents to its survey on the subject believing people are guilty of the ‘NIMBY’ effect.

St Joseph's College, Dumfries hub South West, the construction and infrastructure-focused partnership which works with local authorities and private sector enterprises in Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway, has completed work on a £24 million project in Dumfries & Galloway.

Edinburgh World Heritage has announced the launch of an innovative new project to improve the energy efficiency of the Canongate Housing development, alongside undertaking vital conservation work on the architecturally important listed buildings.

The Roxburghe hotel and golf course, near Kelso in the Scottish Borders has been sold to Düsseldorf-based project developer and hotel operator 12.18. Investment Management GmbH, having been marketed for offers in excess of £3.25 million.

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) and The Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) have awarded £100,000 of support to seven companies who want to design and develop innovative wood-based products and systems for the construction sector.

A group of staff, suppliers and customers from heavy building materials supplier Keyline are gearing up to take on the challenge of cycling from its Dumfries branch to its Inverness depot in aid of Prostate Cancer UK.

Underbank Primary School, Carluke M&E provider to commence works with South Lanarkshire Council

Builders carrying out the redevelopment of an old department store the American state of Minnesota have been shocked to discover the mummified remains of a monkey in the process.

Fife Council’s Community & Housing Services Committee has given final approval to the Council’s Affordable Housing Programme, which will see 3500 new affordable homes built throughout Fife by 2022.

hub South West, the construction and infrastructure-focused partnership which works with local authorities and private sector enterprises in Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway, has handed over the £45 million William McIlvanney Campus in Kilmarnock to East Ayrshire Council.

Growing housebuilder Springfield Properties has crossed a landmark threshold with over 500 employees now on its books.