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Inverness Castle Inverness is to benefit from a major investment into the city’s infrastructure over the next decade following the award of a £315 million City Deal.

Glasgow City Council has issued a tender for lead contractors to progress the ‘Blue-Green’ infrastructure works at its £250 million transformation of Sighthill. Comprising approximately 800 new homes, a new school campus and community facilities, as well as commercial units, the Sighthill regen

Developers behind a plan to transform the former Royal High School in Edinburgh into a £75 million hotel have appealed against a council decision to reject the project. The plans were rejected by councillors by a single vote after hours of debate in December last year.

The Shepherd Offshore site on Dunlin Drive Fife College has secured the option to purchase land to build a new £90 million campus on the Shepherd Offshore site in Dunfermline.

A contracting company has been fined after a worker suffered burns while working on a primary school refurbishment project in East Kilbride five years ago. Stewart and Shields Limited, of E King St, Helensburgh, was fined £7,500 after pleading guilty to breaching Regulation 34(3) of the Constructio

Up to 4,000 Scottish households could benefit from a new £14 million interest-free loan fund to make their homes cheaper to keep warm. For the first time, housing associations will be able to apply for loans from the Scottish Government’s Home Energy Efficiency Programme Scotland (HEEPS) Loan Sch

The administrators of collapsed Dundee building company Muirfield Contracts have been given another year to continue their work. Campbell Dallas said it has been granted more time “to realise the company’s assets and agree the creditors’ claims”.

Holyrood and Westminster have reached an agreement with the long-term aim of three-hour train journeys from London to Scottish cities. The move coincides with the publication of the HS2 Ltd report on extending a faster rail service to the north of England and Scotland.

Falkirk Council has commenced construction of four new speculative industrial units at Abbotsford Business Park at a cost of £1.3 million. JB Bennett was appointed as the design and build contractor and has started the construction preparation works, including establishing the site and its boundari

£2.6m grants bring first Scottish Creation Centre a step closer Three quarters of the funds have been secured for Scotland’s first Creation Centre – a project that could radically change the cultural landscape.

Organisers of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Tay Road Bridge are looking for images of the iconic crossing. Spanning the estuary of the river Tay between Dundee and Newport-on-Tay, the 2250m bridge was designed by William A Fairhurst and took three years to build between 1963 and 1966 at a

An Australian construction worker has got his own back on his boss in a rather drastic way after he reportedly didn't get paid on time. A video uploaded to the Uptrend Engineering & Construction Facebook page opens with an image of a chainsaw, and reads: "Builders who don't wanna pay invoices."

Work has started on a £24 million development in Edinburgh’s vibrant Exchange district which will provide 35,000 sq ft of office space and 11,000 sq ft of ground floor retail units. GSS Developments Ltd (GSS) believe 2 Semple Street, a speculative project which has strong financial backing from B

NHS Lanarkshire has revealed plans for a major new development to replace the existing Monklands Hospital. Options to be evaluated include redevelopment of the hospital on the existing Monklands site, or a complete replacement facility at an alternative location.

A £5.7 million contract has been agreed with Robertson Northern to convert a listed former Fort William school building into state-of-the-art offices. Highland Council plans to bring together its professional and administrative staff from across the wider Locahber area in Scotland’s West Highland