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Drone image of the River Teviot showing work on the Hawick Flood Protection Scheme More than £294 million is proposed to be spent on infrastructure throughout the Borders over the next ten years as part of a draft financial plan from the local authority.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has teamed up with the undergraduate Management Development Programme (MDP) at Strathclyde Business School to create an industry case study that asks students to consider their approach to some of the key business challenges facing the housebuilding industry. The move is

Michael McBrearty, hub South West CEO Construction and infrastructure-focused partnership hub South West is supporting Lanarkshire Business Week with two key events.

Local charities, schools and good causes across the West of Scotland could receive a share of £15,000 thanks to the CALA Homes Community Bursary being launched this week. Now in its second year, the scheme aims to provide support for a wide range of organisations and projects. In 2017, 118 good cau

(from left) Back row: Steven Sweeney, Gerry Jamieson, Daniel Quinn, Veronica Mitchell and Zoe McLauchlan. Standing : Coach Danny Millar, Director Joanne Casey, Coach Brian Quinn. Front row: Coached kneeling Gill Kilcullen (left) and Fred Jones (right) with players Connor Colhoun, Eddie Kirkwood, Ros

New sustainable housing development gets underway in Govanhill CCG (Scotland) Ltd has started work on a new sustainable housing development in Govanhill on behalf of Glasgow Housing Association (GHA).

A couple who purchased a $3.2 million mansion are suing the brokers for failing to disclose that it featured in a popular horror TV show — plus, they add, it is actually haunted. In 2015, Dr Ernst von Schwarz and Angela Oakenfold became the inadvertent owners of the Rosenheim Mansion at 1120 Westc

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Mr James Lawson

Plans to build up to 1,350 homes as part of a £1 billion ‘Garden District’ to the west Edinburgh are to be examined by ministers after the proposals were called-in by the Scottish Government. The first phase of developer Murray Estates’ 675-acre ‘Garden District’ is earmarked for a site n

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has been appointed by GHL Limited as project manager, quantity surveyor and principal designer on the construction of 93 student studios at Stanley Place, Edinburgh. Situated east of Edinburgh city centre in a prominent and visible site adjacent to the

A further 59 Carillion staff employed on paused construction projects are to lose their jobs this week, though around two-thirds of the UK services workforce has been transferred to new providers. Liquidators for the stricken firm said today that the facilities management contracts which had been ru

The Real Estate division of TÜV SÜD has announced a number of recent promotions across the business in the UK and Ireland. The firm said the promotions are a testament to the hard work and dedication of the individuals involved and the success of its wider ambition to develop its own talent.

The UK economy is missing out on £10 billion each year because homeowners decide against commissioning building work out of fear of a cowboy builder, according to new research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). The trade body’s study into consumer confidence in the UK’s builders found

A new bridge will be built over the A90 near Kirkliston thanks to allocation of additional funding from the City of Edinburgh Council. Deterioration of joints in the original structure meant the old Burnshot Bridge had to be taken down in November 2017.

A plan for the continued management, conservation and maintenance of more than 600 buildings and monuments across the length and breadth of Scotland has been launched today by Historic Environment Scotland (HES). The Asset Management Plan outlines the steps HES is taking to maintain not just the his