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Alex Botha The British Safety Council has warned that devolution of health and safety regulation to Scotland could create different standards of worker protection across Great Britain.

Partnerships paves way for new Dundee housing project Housebuilder Merchant Homes and Home Scotland have begun work on a multi-million pound development in Dundee.

Alloa based Marshall Construction has won its fourth contract with TJ Morris Ltd, the company behind the growing Home Bargains retail brand.

A sod cutting event took place yesterday to mark the start of construction work at the new Boroughmuir High School in Edinburgh.

City Legacy, the consortium which designed, constructed and delivered the Athletes’ Village, has been presented with three planning awards at one of the Scottish Government’s most prestigious events.

Sarah Speirs The UK has seen its sixth consecutive quarterly decline in office space availability though office and industrial sector rents are expected to rise at the fastest rate since 1998 over next quarter, the latest RICS commercial property survey has revealed.

Lovell safety performance recognised by RoSPA President’s Award Calum McKay and Frances Richardson

Barr Construction has issued a call to the local construction industry to get involved in the first phase of the renovation of Glasgow’s historic Kelvin Hall. Main contractor Barr will undertake a full transformation of the much-loved city landmark to create a unique community cultural hub.

A £30 million Old Town development in Edinburgh has been named the best building in Scotland for 2014.

Network Rail has awarded alliancing contracts to Costain and Morgan Sindall to deliver the core physical works on the Edinburgh-Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP). The £250 million deal will see Network Rail and its contractors electrify the main line between Scotland’s two biggest cities, comp

Creative Scotland has awarded more than £3.5 million of Large Capital Funding to help three organisations realise ambitious plans to transform cultural facilities.

Construction output rose at its slowest rate in five months in October as residential work growth eased off, according to the latest Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI index. Office and retail building has taken over as the main driver of construction growth from housing.

Commercial property sales in Scotland almost doubled in 2014’s third quarter, rising from £592m in Q2 to £962m in Q3. This figure represents the best quarterly return on commercial property sales in Scotland since 2008 and the onset of the recession.

Trapped Borders Railway worker cut free A construction worker on the Borders Railway was airlifted to hospital after he was trapped by his overturned truck.

Fife Council has approved plans for a new £500 million neighbourhood at Kingslaw in Kirkcaldy. Over a thousand new homes, a primary school, shops and a community centre will be provided by the new development.