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Link completes ‘independent living’ development in Paisley Link Group Ltd’s new ‘retirement living’ development at Abbey Place, Paisley has been officially opened by Renfrewshire Council’s convener of housing and community safety, Councillor Tommy Williams.

Locals in Pitlochry and visitors to the Perthshire town will welcome news that a proposed dualled section of the A9 between Pitlochry and Killiecrankie will have no impact on the venue for the hugely popular “Enchanted Forest” event held in Faskally Wood every autumn. The preferred route for the

George Hood Balfour Beatty has announced that its managing director for the north of Scotland is retiring, ending a 40-year career in the industry.

Scotland’s construction sector is expected to contract 0.6 per cent over the next five years following the EU referendum, according to the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).

UCATT has refuted claims by Laing O'Rourke that the union has not formally requested access to its £212 million hospital project site in Dumfries.

CALA Homes has been named the UK’s Best Medium Housebuilder of the Year at the prestigious Housebuilder Awards 2016.

Work has begun on a development of flats on the site of the old Inverpark Hotel in Arbroath adopting the pioneering building process of offsite construction to deliver much needed high quality and energy-efficient accommodation for Angus.

3DReid has won top prize in the Commercial category at The Glasgow Institute of Architects’ Design Awards 2016 for its Dakota Deluxe hotel in the city.

Plans to develop a new energy network to help power future expansion in the Prestwick Aerospace sector have been approved by South Ayrshire Council.

A developer in England has applied for planning permission to build an experimental house that could rise on jacks above flood waters If tests are successful the house could provide a model that would enable housebuilding on thousands of sites across the UK which at present cannot be developed becau

Ann Nisbet Studio's 'Newhouse of Auchengree' - photograph by Susan Castillo A zinc clad house in rural North Ayrshire has been selected as the winner of this year’s Supreme Award by the Glasgow Institute of Architects.

The architects behind the Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick have been appointed to lead work on developing outline proposals for a new National Marine Centre. Simpson & Brown Architects worked on the original Scottish Seabird Centre building which became a very popular landmark when it op

Scotch whisky firm Chivas Brothers has revealed plans to build a new £40 million bottling facility in Dumbarton. The company will close its operations in Paisley and relocate all employees to the new Kilmalid site over the next three years.

Galashiels-based housebuilding and contracting business Murray & Burrell Limited has ceased trading with the loss of 38 jobs. Thomson Cooper partner Richard Gardiner has been appointed as administrator.