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Building Scotland’s largest community-owned solar power park in Dundee would help tackle fuel poverty, reduce CO2 emissions and regenerate derelict and contaminated land, according to a speaker appearing at the University of Dundee next week. Helen Grayshan, lead officer from Solar Cities Scotland

(left to right) Councillor Ann Cowan, Kingdom chairperson Charles Milne and Councillor Rhona Brock lend a hand to demolish the Old Crown Hotel Crieff councillors joined Kingdom Housing Association chairperson Charles Milne to mark the beginning of a £1.9 million project that will transform a long-a

Plans to build a £200m replacement for Dumfries Royal Infirmary have been officially unveiled by the consortium of Laing O’ Rourke, Ryder Architecture and Serco.

John Frankiewicz Willmott Dixon has announced that divisional chief executive of its Capital Works Division, John Frankiewicz is to step down at the end of this year as part of a “long planned succession strategy”.

Sharp rises in housing, commercial and civil engineering activity ensured that output growth across the UK construction sector remained strong in September. However, while the overall performance of the construction sector was close to its strongest since the summer of 2007, latest data indicated th

Network Rail has unveiled updated designs for how Glasgow Queen Street station will look as it enters the second phase of public consultation on the proposed £104m transformation. The company said the new designs reflect changes made to the plans following the first round of consultation with passe

Marischal Square Plans for the redevelopment of the site of the former Aberdeen City Council headquarters have won the backing of council officials.

VINCI Construction Grands Projects, working in a 50-50 joint venture with Costain, will build the Shieldhall tunnel in Glasgow for Scottish Water. The structure, the largest wastewater storage tunnel in Scotland, is designed to improve water quality and help cope with the risk of flooding in the cit

Decision times for local and major planning projects in Scotland are now the quickest since records began, according to new figures out today. The average decision time for a major development in quarter 1 of 2013/14 was 28.9 weeks, which is the quickest average decision time since average time repo

Perthshire civil engineering firm I & H Brown is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a record £38 million order book. Founded when brothers Ian and Hardie Brown bought a disused Fife aerodrome in 1963, the group has won half of its new orders in the English civil engineering market, and is pr

Kenny Steele (left) and George Massie demonstrate Eyesee’s live visualisation with a 3D model on a site adjacent to Aberdeen harbour A Scottish software developer is revolutionising how proposed developments are viewed with a new system which gives architects, officials and the public a chance to

Scottish households could be better off by £151 million every year by installing a renewable heating system – but 51 per cent of Scottish adults think the technology is too expensive to install in their home. And while many Scots can correctly identify technologies such as biomass boilers (26 per

(left to right): Roddy Macdonald, Sanctuary head of development – Scotland, with GHA chairman Gordon Sloan and Calum Murray, director – CCG (Scotland) Ltd Glasgow based construction company CCG has been recognised at the prestigious Herald Property Awards for Scotland for the second year running

Gretna Gateway expansion promises jobs boost Work is to start on an expansion of a shopping centre in southern Scotland with the promise of 50 new jobs.

Work on a new luxury housing estate near Stonehaven will start within weeks after developers awarded an initial contract worth £25 million to a building firm. North east construction firm Pert Bruce has been appointed as a major contractor for the Ury Estate development, which will see 51 houses bu