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Broad Street revitalisation plans given the go-ahead in Aberdeen New plans to revitalise Broad Street as part of the City Centre Masterplan have been given the go-ahead by Aberdeen City Council.

Construction workers in Sydney are taking a stand for brutalist architecture by refusing to demolish a landmark building in the city, Quartz has reported. Australia’s largest construction union Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) and the Unions NSW have barred their members fro

(from left) Steven Carroll, Simon Walsh and Graham Forsyth Glasgow architecture practice Cooper Cromar has announced the successful completion of a management buy out by the existing senior management team as of September 1.

An aerial image of the Magenta site Commercial property developer Highbridge Properties has today launched what will be a new satellite business district for Glasgow and one of the UK’s largest office parks, at the former Shawfield development in Clyde Gateway.

Environmental services company FCC Medio Ambiente SA has signed a contract to build a state-of-the-art energy-from-waste plant for Edinburgh and Midlothian. Environment leaders from the City of Edinburgh and Midlothian Councils joined FCC yesterday to finalise the 25-year contract to build and opera

Glasgow City Council has approved the award of a £36.54 million contract for infrastructure work on the Sighthill Transformational Regeneration Area (TRA) project to Morgan Sindall. The contract will see construction works for roads, earthworks, utilities, drainage, landscaping and public realm car

Mark Ruskell The Scottish Government’s decision to rule out the use of underground coal gasification (UCG) will need robust planning guidance to enforce, the Scottish Greens have warned.

Frank McAveety Glasgow City Council has approved over £67 million of funding to support the delivery of 1,076 affordable homes across the city.

Paul Smith Multi-disciplinary design and engineering consultancy Morgan Sindall Professional Services (MSPS) has appointed Paul Smith to the new role of director of operations.

MD Kevin Mackenzie and chairman Peter Nicholas As part of a programme of further investment and growth, civil engineering contractor Ground Developments Ltd has moved its commercial and plant operation to a new high tech office and maintenance facility just off junction 4A of the M8, near Whitburn.

Norman Mackay Aberdeen-based supplier of integrated, out-sourced and solutions-based engineering and specialist services Aiken Group has announced a new collaborative approach which will lead to the creation of new jobs and the establishment of a new office in England.

More Scottish homes and businesses are seeing the benefit of renewable heat than ever before, according to new figures. New figures published today by the Energy Saving Trust, on behalf of the Scottish Government, estimate that last year saw the largest annual increase in renewable heat output since

Game on for £1.3m West Lothian primary school extension A new £1.3 million extension is getting young people active at Blackridge Primary School in West Lothian.

75 years ago, the Federation of Master Builders was founded amidst the rubble of Blitz devastated London, with the objective of getting the voice of construction SMEs heard when it came to the huge job of rebuilding the capital. With so much of the country in need of repair however, the idea quickly

William Shakespeare may be celebrated in China with a development attempting to replicate his hometown, the BBC reports. Plans for Sanweng Town feature "Stratford-upon-Avon" complete with a River Avon and Holy Trinity Church.