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Detailed plans have been lodged for a £40 million conversion of the former Scottish Power headquarters in Cathcart, Glasgow. Following extensive public consultation and positive feedback, the property developer FM Group has refined the design of the Spean Street site with the local authority’s pl

Willmott Dixon Construction Limited has submitted a tender worth over £17 million for a new primary school and nursery campus in Dundee. The new North East Campus, which has been designed by Holmes Miller Architects, will house two schools and a nursery and replace St Luke’s & St Matthew’s,

Original plans by Stewart Milne Homes for Mains of Cowie An appeal to overturn a decision to turn down plans to build a supermarket, school and 250 homes in Stonehaven has been rejected by the Scottish Government.

The Raven’s Cliff pub A 40-bedroom hotel is to open in Ravenscraig, Motherwell, next year following a successful planning application.

The UK’s largest union for construction workers is calling on the industry to take radical action to reduce the high number of suicides among its workforce. New analysis by the Office for National Statistics found that the risk of suicide among low skilled male labourers, particularly those workin

The demolition of all non-listed buildings at the Inverness College site at Midmills in the city centre is to begin next month to make way for more than 80 retirement homes. Retirement home provider McCarthy & Stone, which acquired the site from Highland Council, will build 45 homes on the vacan

A view of the proposed facility from Drumgeith Road Councillors have unanimously approved plans for a £100 million energy-from-waste incinerator in Dundee.

Superglass CEO Ken Munro (left) with SEPA chief executive Terry A’Hearn The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has signed Scotland’s first Sustainable Growth Agreement at a launch event with Stirling-based manufacturer Superglass Insulation Limited.

Minister for employability and training visits Forster Group in Brechin There were congratulations all round when Jamie Hepburn, minister for employability and training, visited Forster Group in Brechin to present certificates to the first six apprentices to complete the new qualification, Roof Tili

When it comes to making vital decisions regarding building work, women are twice as likely to have the final say on the style and scope of the project, according to new research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). In advance of Mother’s Day this Sunday, the FMB also asked female home owner

Court of Session A quarry operator which was fined £200,000 after an employee was killed in an accident while working on site may not be prevented from recovering the fine imposed on it from someone else, a judge has ruled.

JR Group's the proposed new office development in Paisley Paisley-based JR Group has secured over £35 million of orders for its new construction division within its first year of trading.

Council planners in Aberdeenshire have backed a £150 million housing and retail development at Blackdog despite concerns it will hit traders in surrounding north-east towns. Under plans lodged with the local authority a year ago, developers Ashfield Land and local housebuilder Kirkwood Homes want t

Developer Dandara has submitted proposals to Aberdeen City Council to build 151 homes and a retirement apartment block in the Pinewood area of Countesswells. Under the plans, 116 of the properties will be spread across two apartment blocks with the remaining 35 units built as nearby houses.

Veitchi Group’s head office in Cambuslang One of Scotland’s oldest and largest construction industry sub-contractors is today celebrating its 100th anniversary.