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£15m plans for new Arran ferry terminal unveiled Images showing the ambitious vision for a new Maritime Hub at Ardrossan Harbour have been revealed this week.

Almost 160 couples in a village in eastern China have filed for divorce in order to gain more compensation for the demolition of their homes. Residents of Jiangbei village in Nanjing face mass eviction as the Chinese government plans to raze their village to build a new hi-tech zone, Nanjing Morning

Keepmoat chief executive Dave Sheridan will join Engie Keepmoat Group has signed an agreement to sell its regeneration arm to French energy and services provider Engie in a deal valued at £330 million.

Philip Green Carillion has reported a 5% drop in pre-tax profits despite delivering strong turnover and profit growth at its UK construction division.

Councillors have given the go-ahead for a £12 million distillery and visitor centre to be built on a 600-year-old estate near Inverkip. The green light means the Ardgowan Distillery Company can now advance its proposal to build a “world-class” lowland malt whisky distillery and visitor attracti

Economy secretary Keith Brown Procurement is underway for the next section of the Scottish Government's A9 Dualling Programme.

A new primary school is to be built in Torry after councillors on Aberdeen City Council’s education and children’s services committee yesterday approved plans for the new facility. The new school which would include early learning and childcare facilities and a Community Hub is scheduled to be b

Construction companies have reported the second-fastest rise in input costs since August 2008 with some firms warning that the rise is causing contract completion delays. The latest Markit/CIPS survey revealed that intense cost inflation persisted in February, which was overwhelmingly linked to high

Ian Hughes Recruitment of Scottish construction apprentices has grown every year since 2011, new figures from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) have revealed.

Tammy Adams Home building industry body Homes for Scotland has opposed proposals by the Scottish Government to increase the maximum fee level for planning applications.

The shortlisted entry for Woodside Mini-Holland in Glasgow Designs for segregated cycle path schemes in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling and Inverness have made it to the final stage of a competition for millions of pounds of funding.

Glasgow City Council approves redevelopment of bridge to Finnieston The red pedestrian footbridge at Glasgow's SEC - nicknamed the 'Smartie Tube' - is to undergo a £5 million upgrade.

The new home of the Minnesota Vikings American football team, which opened last June and cost more than $1bn of mostly taxpayer money, is beautiful, large, glassy – and deadly to birds. A new report from a trio of conservation groups has found that scores of birds are dying due to collisions with

A ‘topping out’ ceremony was held today to mark a significant moment in the construction of the £80.11 million V&A Museum of Design Dundee. Local schoolchildren were involved in the event which saw a Douglas Fir tree positioned ceremonially by crane at the highest point of the building, nea

Highland councillors have approved plans to build a £23 million court and justice centre in Inverness and a new railway station near Inverness Airport. Designed by Reiach & Hall Architects, the two-storey justice centre will be developed on the site of a former bus depot between Longman Road an