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Planning permission has been granted for the internal works to allow the transformation of the former St John's Primary School in Perth into a £3.5 million creative hub. The building, which closed in 2011, will be completely transformed into a mix of office space and artist studio space where those

Chris Shaw Chris Shaw, associate development director of regeneration company Urban Splash, provides his view on Construction Scotland Innovation Centre’s newly launched Innovation Factory.

Newell McGuiness Up to 2,000 unqualified electrical businesses are potentially putting the safety of the Scottish public at risk, the electrical contractors’ association of Scotland has warned.

Crawford Geddes (left) and Colin Campbell Property investment and development company Bellair (Scotland) Limited has made two senior management appointments with Crawford Geddes and Colin Campbell joining the board as directors with responsibility for driving business growth.

Multi-disciplinary design and engineering company BakerHicks has completed the complex structural engineering design for Perth & Kinross Council’s headquarters that included delicate work to repair and restore the building’s historic façade. BakerHicks was employed to provide structural eng

The next important step in the UK construction sector's efforts to improve the health and mental wellbeing of its workforce has been marked with the full roll out of the Mates in Mind initiative. Mates in Mind has led in the creation of a flexible and joined up approach that is tailored to the needs

Local company wins grounds maintenance contract at Inverness Campus Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has appointed Higher Ground Community Services Ltd to deliver grounds maintenance at Inverness Campus following a European-wide tender.

An estimated 3 million Muslims completed their holy pilgrimage to Mecca between August 30 and September 5 as part of Hajj week, the largest annual gathering of people on Earth. With as many as 300,000 people crossing Jamarat Bridge every hour, leading engineers and technicians needed to facilitate t

Sandy Adam, Springfield Properties chairman Housebuilder Springfield Properties has announced plans to float on the stock market in a deal which could see it raise funds for the construction of five new ‘village’ ­housing developments.

Hundreds of delegates were among the first to see Construction Scotland Innovation Centre’s pioneering new £2 million Innovation Factory as it launched today with a major industry event. Located at Hamilton International Technology Park in South Lanarkshire and supported by Scottish Funding Counc

Carillion has announced that its finance director Zafar Khan has left the company “with immediate effect” as part of a raft of leadership changes designed to turn around its fortunes. Zafar Khan, who only joined the beleaguered firm in January, will be replaced by Emma Mercer, who steps up from

Enabling work has started for the construction of 316 new homes in North Sighthill after Keepmoat Regeneration finalised contracts with the City of Edinburgh Council. The development of the derelict site at Calder Road / Broomhouse Road in the south west of the city will see 96 new affordable homes

Mosaic Architecture + Design has completed a £5 million sports facility at St Aloysuis’ College in Glasgow ahead of the start of the new school term. The new building is positioned diagonally between the A-listed pair Mackintosh Building and St. Aloysius’ Church and adjacent to the Glasgow Scho

Affordable homes manufacturer Clyde Homes Ltd and National Farmers Union Scotland (NFUS) have entered into an exclusive agreement which aims to diversify Scottish farmers’ incomes and boost the provision of housing in rural areas. The deal will see the Glasgow-based developer deliver its affordabl

Two Scottish renewable energy projects which will power more than one million homes have been awarded 15-year contracts after a UK government auction. The Moray East Offshore wind farm, planned for the Moray Firth, has been awarded a contract in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Str