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A groundbreaking ceremony has marked the building of the new £29.7 million Barrhead High. Pupils joined the school’s head teacher Andy Sinclair to assist education convener Councillor Elaine Green to carry out the turf cutting at the site of the new school.

Work on the world’s largest floating wind farm will begin later this year off Scotland’s east coast after the Crown Estate granted a lease to Norwegian firm Statoil to commence construction. To be located at Buchan Deep, some 25 kilometres from Peterhead, the floating wind farm consists of five

Troubled Dundee contractor Jaydee Heating has been liquidated, administrators have confirmed. The firm, which carried out industrial and commercial heating, electrical and plumbing work, went into administration in November after prolonged trading difficulties.

Work has officially started on a delayed £25 million secondary school in Dumbarton. Our Lady and St Patrick’s High School was one of 12 government projects across Scotland delayed while civil servants sought technical advice over the funding arrangements.

Plans for an anaerobic digester plant with the capacity to produce enough energy for 3,000 homes have been given the green light by Angus Council. The Courier has reported that the Hatton Farm project by Clova Renewables will stretch over almost two hectares to the south of the A92 Dundee to Arbroat

Kingdom Housing Association has finalised the land purchase for its site at Pitscottie Road, Cupar and obtained full planning approval for a £6.5 million project that will provide 49 new homes for affordable rent to meet a range of housing needs. The development will include: 16 one and two bedroom

A ground breaking ceremony at Bearsden Burgh Hall has marked the start of a multi-million project to transform it in to a new Community Hub for the East Dunbartonshire town. East Dunbartonshire Council leader, Rhondda Geekie, cut the first sod at the event to mark the official start of construction

A showhome at Deveron Homes' Strathisla Park development in Keith Deveron Homes lines up £5m to fund new developments

A construction worker has apologised to Beyonce after joking he wanted to make her stage collapse, according to The Mirror. The employee - known simply as Austin - is thought to be one of the team working on the singer's Formation Tour.

A view of the proposed HQ's main pedestrian entrance along West Bridge Street Falkirk Council has all but scrapped plans for a new headquarters after councillors agreed to step back from a proposed £23 million spend on the project and a new town hall.

Construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall to build a new primary school campus in Kirkintilloch as part of East Dunbartonshire Council’s plan to improve schools in the area. The new building will be constructed at the current St Flannan’s site, on Newdyke Road. The project will see

Developers behind plans for a mixed-use development on a vacant site in the Grassmarket area of Edinburgh have updated their initial proposals to take account of feedback from the local community, the planning authority and statutory consultees, as well as current market conditions. A planning appli

Construction work is underway on a new £3.5 million training centre in Clydebank on behalf of Clyde Training Solutions. Due to be completed in the autumn of 2016, the facility on the banks of the River Clyde is the first of its kind in Central and Southern Scotland, and will provide mandatory and s

Saint-Gobain’s aim is to be the reference for sustainable habitat, providing a range of innovative and high-performance product solutions for all areas of the built environment. Stuart McKill, sustainable habitat leader in Scotland, talks to Scottish Construction Now about Saint-Gobain’s presenc

Cllr Paul Godzik and Lord Provost Donald Wilson are joined on the basketball court by Kirkliston Primary School P7 pupils Murren Coulter, Nicola Kerr, Mark Proudfoot and Ross Stuart at yesterday’s opening A new gym, dining hall and 3G sports pitch at Kirkliston Primary School were officially opene