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Graeme Scott, managing director of Whitecross Building Consultancy, has returned from a gruelling three-day Arctic Trek challenge and raised over £3000 for charity. Graeme braved the elements and took part in a 90 kilometre Arctic Trek challenge to raise money for Wooden Spoon, the children’s cha

(from left) Councillor Douglas Lumsden, Fergus Ewing MSP, Guilhem Poussot (Vodafone) and Greg Mesch (CityFibre) Aberdeen to become Scotland’s first gigabit-speed fibre broadband city

A Japanese timber company has revealed plans for the world's tallest wooden building in Tokyo, a 350-metre skyscraper that would also be the highest in the centre of the city. Called W350, the 70-storey building will be mostly wood and just 10% steel complete with internal beams, braces and balconie

The A96 Park and Choose contract completed by Lagan on behalf of Aberdeen City Council Up to 200 jobs are at risk after the Lagan Construction Group announced it is to put four of its 30 companies into administration.

Plans to transform the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) site in Hamilton into an ‘urban village’ complete with 365 homes and a five-storey hotel have been given the green light.

Stewart Milne Group has said its timber systems arm is on course to achieve turnover of £100 million by 2021 after doubling its business in the last four years. With a current turnover of £65m, Stewart Milne Timber Systems should achieve its five-year target, with “robust” growth predicted for

Springfield's Dykes of Gray development in Dundee Housebuilder Springfield Properties has reported double-digit growth in profit and revenue in its first set of interim results since the company floated on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM).

News that the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has confirmed it will end all directing training by 2020, will create a skills black hole and strip the industry of the capability to undertake specialist training, according to the UK’s construction union. In November, the CITB announced a

The number of workers who have lost their jobs as a result of the collapse of the construction giant Carillion has topped 1,000 amid another wave of cuts. The Official Receiver has announced that a further 152 former employees are being made redundant this week, taking the total to 1,141 since the c

The conversion of a former Dundee college building into Build to Rent and Serviced Apartments can begin in earnest after the VOX Dundee project was awarded planning consent by councillors. Voxcap Investments (Dundee) has appointed Reigart Contracts to undertake enabling works to facilitate the redev

A developer has launched an appeal to the Scottish Government in a bid overturn Aberdeenshire Council’s decision to reject its plans for almost 250 new homes. Barratt North Scotland had proposed to deliver 247 homes on Fordoun Road in Laurencekirk.

Planning permission in principle is being sought for a major development to the west of St Andrews which will deliver around 1,000 new homes, of which 30% will be affordable housing. The St Andrews West LLP, a partnership made up of the University of St Andrews, Headon Holdings and other local lando

Glasgow-based energy and sustainability consultancy Carbon Futures has launched a new consultancy division as part of ambitious growth plans. Operating under the Carbon Futures brand, the company’s new division will provide a range of new consultancy services to the non-domestic sector, from plann

A typical CALA street scene CALA Homes has been granted detailed planning permission to begin work on a brand new community at Craibstone in Aberdeen.

Craft beer company BrewDog has announced plans to build a beer-themed hotel in Aberdeenshire complete with beer taps in the rooms and a built-in shower beer fridge. Planned for a 3.25 acre site next to the firm’s existing brewery in Ellon, the 22-room DogHouse Ellon will also have rooms overlookin