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North Lanarkshire Council has unveiled plans to build a further 1,000 new councils homes to help tackle its housing waiting list. The local authority is set to approve the £160 million development project which will add to the 800 new properties to which the authority has already committed over the

Jenny Laing Councillors in Aberdeen have agreed to progress plans for an arms-length external organisation (ALEO) to manage all the local authority’s energy-related activity.

Lord Hardie The Edinburgh trams inquiry could result in criminal prosecutions, according to its chair Lord Hardie.

AS Homes (Scotland) Ltd has been granted planning permission for a new £8.5 million development of 67 homes for social rent in Renfrew for Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association. The homes are being built at Inchinnan Road, Western Park, on the site of the former Renfrew Junior FC pitch. The applic

The opening of a new £48.5m school campus in the Highlands is likely to be delayed, the local authority has revealed. The campus is being delivered by hub North Scotland to replace Wick High School and Pulteneytown and South primaries. It will also have community facilities which will be available

Neil Watson, Cairnhill Structures group managing director presenting London Scottish winger Jason Harries with his Man of the Match award after a match with Doncaster Knights, which Cairnhill sponsored last season Cairnhill strikes sponsorship deal with London Scottish

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the official opening of the Tay Road Bridge. Opened by the Queen Mother in front of a packed crowd on this day in 1966, the crossing connected the city of jute, jam and journalism to the Kingdom of Fife.

Leo Quinn Balfour Beatty has recorded an underlying profit of £7 million despite a £66m loss in its UK construction services.

Gavin Currie The construction division of the Aberdeenshire-based Bancon Group has been awarded new contracts totalling £20.5 million in the public and private sectors.

Plans to build almost 100 homes at Park Quadrant in the West End of Glasgow have been given the green light. Expresso Property intends to create 98 flats at the A-listed Victorian development overlooking Kelvingrove park.

Oxgangs Primary School was the first school in Edinburgh to close Campaigners have called for a “root and branch inquiry” into public private partnerships (PPP) after building defects were uncovered in schools across Edinburgh earlier this year.

Next's proposed new Kingsway West store Dundee City Council has rejected plans for a new £5.4 million Next megastore for a second time over fears the development could adversely impact trade in the city centre.

CMS Window Systems has been appointed to work on a £30 million project to redevelop the prestigious Aberdeen Art Gallery. Working for main contractor McLaughlin & Harvey, the firm has been tasked with providing curtain walling as part of the two year project.

The average price of a house in Scotland rose by 4.6 per cent in June compared to last year, according to statistics from Registers of Scotland. The latest figures from the UK house price index (UK HPI) showed prices have risen to £143,282, 2.7 per cent higher than May.

Coral Riddell and Alistair Dean Scottish law firm Anderson Strathern has appointed Coral Riddell as a consultant in its expanding construction team.