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Week beginning September 12, 2016

A burnt mound which was uncovered by archaeologists As the fieldwork underway along the West Link route in Inverness draws to a close, a prehistoric arrowhead is just one of the intriguing artefacts of archaeological interest that have been uncovered.

*** COMPETITION TIME *** Scottish Construction Now has two complimentary tickets for The Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show, worth £24, when it returns to the Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh on October 15 & 16.

Plans to develop the historic Broadford Works site in Aberdeen into a new urban residential and retail space have been approved in principle. Aberdeen City Council’s planning department made the decision under delegated powers which could see private and student apartments, restaurants, cafes and

The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice chief executive Rhona Baillie has announced that Balfour Beatty is the contractor for work to build a new home for Glasgow’s Hospice as the first JCB arrived on site at Bellahouston Park. The announcement marked the start of a project to build a state-of-

Grant Thornton has called for wide ranging reforms, including greater tax simplification, to boost growth in Scotland’s fragile property and construction sector. The business and financial adviser has welcomed recent action by the Scottish Government designed to boost the sector, including simplif

The owners of the former Paton’s Mill site in Johnstone have lodged plans where detailed consent is sought to create retail and leisure facilities on the 10 acre site. 4th Developments (Johnstone) Limited and @sipp (Pension Trustees) Limited have submitted a detailed planning application to create

Albyn delivered 37 homes in Alness earlier this year Highland housing association Albyn Housing Society is set to embark on an ambitious plan to deliver up to 750 new affordable homes in the region by 2021, with the potential for even more.

Units 3 and 4 at Kingshill Commercial Park Aberdeen based commercial property developer Knight Property Group is to develop more units at Kingshill Commercial Park on a speculative basis following strong demand for its phase 1 units.

Reducing the cost of living for tenants and building more affordable homes have been identified as the key elements to a new raft of objectives to improve housing in Edinburgh. A nine-point action plan for the next decade was approved for further consultation by the City of Edinburgh Council’s hea

CMS Window Systems has played a key role in the construction of a new world-class sports and exercise facility at Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University. The building envelope specialist was appointed by main contractor Bowmer & Kirkland to manufacture and install a curtain wall exterior and doors

Structural work complete on £23.8m Clydebank Leisure Centre Councillors and invited guests attended the site of the new multi-million pound Clydebank Leisure Centre to celebrate the next stage in the project’s development.

Oor Original was bought for £50,000 - the largest amount of any statue An auction of 70 colourful Oor Wullie statues has raised £883,000 to build two new operating theatres at a children's hospital in Dundee.

Miller Homes has announced it plans to continue its “substantial” land investment programme after the firm unveiled a 66 per cent rise in interim profits. "Buoyant" market conditions helped the Edinburgh-based group towards a profit before tax of £38.2 million for the six months to the end of J

Theme park operator Flamingo Land has been selected as the preferred developer for a £30 million holiday resort project in Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park. The company was appointed by Scottish Enterprise to take forward proposals for its 20 hectare site at West Riverside in Balloch.