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David Thomas Housebuilder Barratt Developments has attributed “strong market conditions” for putting it on track to deliver the expected improvement in performance for its full financial year.

An expanding building services company has announced it has exceeded £10 million in turnover for the first time, as it makes three significant appointments to the business. Gateshead based Robertson Engineering Services, part of infrastructure group Robertson, has grown rapidly since 2014, increasi

Burntwood School in London, which won RIBA’s Stirling prize for the UK’s best building, "should not be the execption" A new report into the state of school buildings throughout the UK has found that too many are dangerous and dilapidated, causing children to underperform and teachers to quit.

The contract to build Wilton Lodge Park’s new café and footbridge in Hawick has been awarded to ESH Border Construction. The firm, which operates throughout the Borders from its base in Galashiels, has previously been involved in Teviot Footbridge in Hawick and Laidlaw Court housing development i

The Phase 1 redevelopment of Royal Edinburgh Campus has been shortlisted in the 2016 Partnership Awards - recognising and rewarding the best in Public Private Partnerships. The £45 million project, being delivered through NHS Lothian's development partner hub South East Scotland, has been named in

(from left) Morrison Construction’s project director Mark Clarke, chair of the education and families committee Vaila Wishart, SIC chief executive Mark Boden and hub North Scotland chief executive Angus Macfarlane The construction of the new Anderson High School and its Halls of Residence has reac

Edinburgh charity extends trusted tradespeople information services A new resource has been launched in Edinburgh to enable not only the elderly, but everyone in the capital, to find trusted tradespeople.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has developed elevator technologies that achieved a speed of 1,230 meters per minute, or 20.5 meters per second, which the company claims is the fastest elevator speed in the world. The new technologies will be installed to one of three elevators at China's tallest bu

Andrew Kerr An independent inquiry into the closure of 17 Edinburgh schools over structural concerns is to begin after the summer break and conclude before the end of the year, the City of Edinburgh Council confirmed today.

Plans have been approved to create a centre of excellence for performing and visual arts on the site of Dundee’s former Head Post Office. Dundee City Council has given its support for the £16 million development which will serve as a home for the High School of Dundee’s art, music, drama and ho

Barratt Homes West Scotland has appointed the first female director to its board in more than 20 years. Estelle Sykes has been appointed sales director for West Scotland, bringing with her over 22 years’ property experience from when she began her career at the same company.

Balfron High School A high school is Stirling has been forced to close to allow repair works to get underway.

Graham Construction has completed work on the state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit (CCU) at Monklands Hospital in Airdrie. The £5.5 million 10-bed unit, which has been handed over to NHS Lanarkshire, is just one of 12 phased work projects that Graham Construction will complete by Spring 2018 as part

122 Waterloo Street Levels of office take-up in Glasgow city centre and Edinburgh out-of-town markets for the first quarter of the year are the highest since the economic downturn in 2008, according to commercial property consultants Bilfinger GVA.

Huge variations and changes to relevant national and UK wide affordable warmth policies has inevitably hindered progress to eradicate fuel poverty, according to a new report. The UK Fuel Poverty Monitor, produced annually by National Energy Action (NEA) and Energy Action Scotland (EAS), was publishe