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A man who converted an old hen house into a gin distillery and won ‘Shed of the Year’ failed to get planning permission. Walter Micklethwait, of the Inshriach Estate near Aviemore, spent two years turning the dilapidated hen house into a shack which boasts its own Wild West themed saloon and bar

Design work for the A9 Dualling scheme has stepped up a gear with another significant contract award, worth close to a million pounds, to Soil Engineering Geoservices Ltd. Ground investigation work on the 8.5km Tomatin to Moy section of the A9 is expected to begin next month and last for around seve

David Stewart Scottish independence is not a priority for UK property investment in Scotland as long as yield outperforms other regions, according to new research by Morton Fraser.

Tammy Adams Scotland’s construction firms have said they have much to encourage them in their efforts to address the country’s chronic undersupply of housing following a review into Scotland’s planning system.

A skills shortage among white collar staff increasingly hampers expansion among UK construction firms, a new survey has revealed. The year’s first State of Trade Survey by Build UK has shown that labour supply continues to be a cause for concern with members reporting widespread difficulties in re

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced the timeline for consulting with construction employers on how its levy could work alongside the UK government’s Apprenticeship Levy. The Consensus process, a full consultation with the construction industry on the CITB Levy, will take

With a scheduled six months to go until Scotland’s newest bridge, the Queensferry Crossing, is set to be opened, campaigners are calling for the country’s next big infrastructure project to be one that makes a difference to people’s homes in every part of Scotland, whilst also helping to reali

(from left) Gregor Liddle, Trainee Quantity Surveyor, Scott Gardner, Trainee Quantity Surveyor, Patrycja Linka, Student Work Placement, Stephen Prentice, Trainee Site Manager, Ben Allard, Trainee Site Manager and Euan Ross, Student Work Placement Stirling based Ogilvie Construction has hired 6 new s

Work on the redevelopment of the former John Brown’s shipyard is set to get under way next month. The first stage will involve remediation work in preparation for creating the road infrastructure and public spaces on the waterfront.

New homes to be launched in Haddington Housebuilder Charles Church is to launch a development of four and five bedroom homes in Haddington this weekend.

World-renowned architect Lord Foster has taken up the challenge of building the world's smallest airport, in Rwanda. The aim is to create a network of droneports to deliver medical supplies to some of Africa's most inaccessible locations.

Plans to build up to 1,350 homes as part of a £1 billion ‘Garden District’ to the west Edinburgh have cleared another planning hurdle. Developer Murray Estates’ plans is for the first phase of a 675-acre ‘Garden District’ on a 54-hectare site next to Royal Bank of Scotland’s Edinburgh h

Marc Giles Marc Giles, planning consultant at Ryden, digests the recommendations made following an independent review of the Scottish planning system.

Midlothian Council has approved plans to build a new school and agreed in principle to building another. A new primary school is to be built on the site of the former Hopefield Primary in Bonnyrigg.

The independent review which proposed a package of measures to change Scotland’s planning system has been welcomed by Fife Council. The local authority has long called for an overhaul of the system to enable communities to have a greater say and provide a more effective system and yesterday it sai