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The City of Edinburgh Council’s award-winning house building programme is looking to establish a Framework Agreement of affordable housing contractors to deliver high quality homes across the city. The council has an ambitious programme to construct 10,000 new affordable homes by 2027 and plans to

Fiona Harper Scotland’s campaigning electrical trade association has established a new training regime aimed at enhancing members’ input into training activity and meeting the future skills needs of the industry as a whole.

Richard Kilcullen from Kilmac (left) with Dundee Football Club managing director, John Nelms Dundee Football Club is to rename its stadium for the next two years after signing a sponsorship deal with construction and development company Kilmac.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VrqYUNLXYQ Scottish Water has tunnelled under a railway line near Kilmarnock as a project to install a major new water main and improve services to more than 200,000 people progresses.

Edinburgh’s Mercat Cross restored to former glory A major project to restore Edinburgh’s iconic Mercat Cross has been completed by the City of Edinburgh Council.

The Big Ben conservation project reached a major milestone this week when the final piece of the 98 metre high scaffolding was slotted into place. The achievement was marked by a rooftop ‘topping out’ ceremony, a centuries old tradition celebrating the highest point of building work being comple

Architect’s impression of the 57 new homes for the former Maxwelltown Works in the Hilltown Cullross Limited and Caledonia Housing Association have submitted a planning application to Dundee City Council to regenerate the former Maxwelltown Works on Alexander Street in the Hilltown area of Dundee.

Construction workers operating under the Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC) agreement are set for a boost in pay and allowances next month after a new two year pay deal worth 6.2% was agreed. The CIJC is the largest agreement in the construction industry and principally covers workers operat

Clydeside Regeneration Limited (CRL) has appointed I & H Brown to undertake road works at Queens Quay, the £250 million regeneration project on the site of the former John Brown’s shipyard in Clydebank. The appointment represents the final infrastructure procurement exercise for the developme

113 homes are planned for Orchard in East Linton Housebuilder Stewart Milne Homes has gained planning permission for several new developments in East Lothian and made significant investment in land acquisition across the region.

Oilfield services group Baker Hughes General Electric (BHGE) is to build a subsea manufacturing campus in Angus to support the global oil and gas industry. Backed by a £4.9 million grant from Scottish Enterprise, BHGE has committed £31m to the facility, based at its existing location in Montrose,

Milltown Airfield Elgin Energy has received planning permission for a 50MW solar PV project at Milltown Airfield near Elgin in Moray, the largest consented solar PV project in Scotland to date.

RICS Scotland policy manger Hew Edgar takes a closer look at the Scottish Parliament’s vote to review existing tenement maintenance legislation.

Furniture and design specialist Alpha Scotland is extending its reach with a decision to occupy much larger premises in Glasgow. Formerly in the city’s West Regent Street, today sees the official opening of its state of the art office in a new 11-storey development at 133 Finnieston Street with pa

Graeme Dey A Holyrood committee has welcomed the Scottish Crown Estate Bill in a new report, while also suggesting ways it could be strengthened.