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A permanent home for the Great Tapestry of Scotland will be built in Galashiels after Scottish Borders councillors voted in favour of the location for the project. The £6 million development will see the town's post office brought back into use, a former Poundstretcher store demolished and a new bu

Councillors will be asked in March to formally approve the latest blueprint for future development in Aberdeenshire after Scottish Ministers concluded their assessment of the council’s vision for the region. This marks the near completion of a four-year process of identifying how housing and busin

BGF’s Patrick Graham (left) with Campion Homes chairman and MD Pete Bell Deferred starts on a number of larger projects last year has affected performance and profits at Campion Homes, the builder said.

A grade B listed Town House in Lochgelly has received a makeover and stylish conversion into four flats by Fife Council Building Services. The work has involved sensitive restoration retaining and restoring many of the original features of the building.

Plans have been lodged to create Dundee’s first drive-through coffee shop. Starbucks is poised to move into a unit just off the A90, creating 80 jobs.

Home of golf now home of Scotland’s most expensive street St. Andrews now has the accolade of homing Scotland’s most expensive street, according to research from Bank of Scotland.

Our daily delve into the weird and wonderful world of construction has thrown up some bizarre, innovative and thought-provoking articles. This top ten of the most clicked by our readers throughout 2016 is no different.

Schools and company troubles figure prominently in our first segment of the 30 most read stories of 2016. Here, in reverse order of number of times viewed, are numbers 30-21. 30. Renowned Scottish architect Gareth Hoskins dies aged just 48

Work on an £8.5 million sports village in Banchory could begin in the summer after Aberdeenshire Council granted planning permission for the development. The new Banchory Sports Village at Hill of Banchory, which has been in the pipeline for years, will include a six-lane swimming pool suitable for

The project to redevelop the Royal Edinburgh Hospital campus has taken another major step forward with the keys to the £48 million first phase being handed to NHS Lothian in time for Christmas. The redevelopment of the hospital site was undertaken in partnership with hub South East Scotland, which

Energy firm SSE has lost a court battle over a £130 million damages claim following the collapse of a tunnel at its Glendoe hydro scheme. It took legal action against engineering contractor Hochtief which carried out tunnelling work at the site near Fort Augustus.

Dundee City Council has launched a consultation over outsourcing its building and maintenance work to Tayside Contracts. First revealed in October, the proposals could see around 380 employees in the local authority’s construction and house maintenance departments have their contracts taken over b

Richard Threlfall Richard Threlfall from KPMG forecasts that 2017 will be a year of feast and famine for the UK construction industry.

BRE has been recognised at the 2017 Lanarkshire Business Excellence Awards for its Innovation Park in Ravenscraig. The research organisation has been shortlisted in the hotly contended ‘Excellence in Innovation’ category at the annual awards which acknowledge the success of locally based busines

Dundee-based bespoke joinery manufacturer and interior fit-out specialist, Bentleys Shopfitting Ltd, has announced it is the latest Scottish business to adopt an employee ownership model, with 50 staff now given the opportunity to become owners. Established in 1987, the Dundee-based company speciali