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Computer-generated image of the Queens Quay development including the energy centre Plans have been submitted for a new energy centre at Queens Quay which developers say could make Clydebank become the “greenest town in Scotland”.

A glazing and flooring firm in South Lanarkshire has closed with the loss of 40 jobs. STV reports that Westcrowns Contracting Services entered administration on October 20 amid "severe cash flow difficulties" and the business ceased to trade with immediate effect.

Gary McGovern Yesterday’s landmark Supreme Court ruling in favour of Elsick Development Company (Elsick) against Aberdeen City and Shire Strategic Development Planning Authority could shape legislation in the upcoming Planning Bill, according to law firm Pinsent Masons.

Construction work is now complete on Unit 201, a new 27,500 sq. ft. manufacturing and engineering facility at Clyde Gateway East Business Park. Built by Kier Construction Scotland and being marketed by Ryden LLP, the £3 million industrial unit is the latest speculative new build undertaken and comp

The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group (SEC Group) has welcomed the publication of the independent review on cash retentions in the construction industry. The review was commissioned by the UK government following an amendment to the Enterprise Bill laid by Lord Aberdare in 2015 and drafted

An independent review into reducing costs in each element of the electricity supply chain has been published by the UK government. Building on the government’s Industrial Strategy Green Paper, Professor Dieter Helm CBE was asked in August to consider the whole electricity supply chain of generatio

Property services company CBRE has submitted plans to Dundee City Council to demolish a 1960s office block above the Overgate shopping centre and replace it with a new roof covering. Under the plans, some of the Overgate’s upper mall units would be reconfigured to create a new management suite and

An online map resource has been launched to offer a single point of reference for construction activity across the UK and Ireland. Released by the Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS), the easy to use portal provides, for the first time, anyone a unique opportunity to see what is happening in the c

Landslip affecting Highland road A 15 metre section of the road at Soldiers Rock on the Knoydart peninsula has collapsed due to a landslide.

Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince has announced plans to build a futuristic city run entirely on alternative sources of energy. Envisioned as a hub for technological innovation, the $500 billion (£381bn) "Neom" project will be built on untouched land along the country's Red Sea coastline near Eg

The Chapelton development Statutory guidance issued by the Aberdeen City and Shire Strategic Development Planning Authority (SDPA) which seeks contributions from developments towards a Strategic Transport Fund has been found to be unlawful by the Supreme Court.

Gavin Currie A new local authority framework deal and an additional contract with an oil and gas firm have contributed to over £40m of new work for Bancon Construction.

A judgment into an application to deliver more than 400 homes on a former university site in Glasgow has been delayed after councillors decided to allow representations from interested parties to be heard. Housebuilder CALA Homes is proposing to transform the historic site of the University of Strat

An original artist's impression of the development on the former Ravenscraig site Revised plans to regenerate the former Ravenscraig steelworks site in North Lanarkshire have been revealed with fewer homes and retail space now included in the proposals.

Nicola Barclay Further to an interview in The Sunday Times in which I emphasised that solving Scotland’s housing crisis required a whole-system all-tenure approach, it appears that some people may have misinterpreted my remarks (indeed some misrepresenting them completely), framing them as being �