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Alex Neil A project to build a new community centre at the heart of Cumbernauld has been hailed as a success of the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF), which has opened for new applications.

Scottish Veterans Residences’ Glasgow complex shortlisted for Saltire Society award A £6.7 million housing complex in Glasgow has been shortlisted for the prestigious Saltire Society Housing Design Awards in the Innovation category.

Glasgow City Council has revealed details of the range of projects to benefit from its share of a £1.13 billion City Deal over the next 10 years. The work, which will result in £400 million being spent in Glasgow, will include a new bridge, cycle routes, improved roads and pavements and the creati

Margaret Burgess A 16 per cent increase in private-led new build homes has accounted for a large proportion of a continued rise in housing completions across the country.

James Forbes Successful cities are those cities with a feel about them - a ‘buzz in the air’. A city which embraces creativity, industry and innovation will be a successful city: capable of attracting the best businesses, the best people and competing on a European scale.

David Ross Plans for a £1 billion City Deal involving six local authorities moved a step closer today following a £275,000 investment by Fife Council.

UK construction companies recorded a slight rebound in output growth during May, but this only partially reversed the loss of momentum seen in April ahead of the general election, according to new statistics. The latest Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI index made a small gain to 55.9 in May, up from

Hub South West and Graham Construction hand over the new Hunter Health Centre to NHS Lanarkshire. From left: Adam Finch, independent tester, AA Projects; Darren Muir, funder, technical advisor, MMAG; Joe Dowds, capital services manager, NHS Lanarkshire; Gordon Richardson, contracts manager, Graham F

The Stewart Milne Group will be highlighting significant opportunities for tradespeople and subcontractors to work with it on developments across Scotland at an industry event in Aberdeen next week. The housebuilder and timber systems manufacturer is holding a meet the buyer event in order to develo

Ryan Thomas Baillie, Connor Jackson, James Robert Henderson, and Andy McLaughlin are all working on the Riverside Campus development as part of the £228 million supercampus construction at City of Glasgow College The City of Glasgow College has underlined its commitment to providing employment oppo

V&A role for Dundee architects Dundee-based James F Stephen Architects has been appointed to work on the city’s flagship V&A design museum project.

Profits at Fife building firm Muir Group soared by almost £10 million last year after it successfully sold off three major development sites in Aberdeen. Results for the year ended January 2015 saw turnover accelerate to £114,676,000, a rise of over £40,000,000 on the previous year.

The University of Glasgow has submitted plans to transform an old Southern General site into a pioneering new medical research facility. Situated on Langlands Drive, the old neurosurgical block could house technology never used before in the UK, according to STV.

Stephen Billingham Balfour Beatty has appointed Stephen Billingham as a non-executive director with immediate effect.

Helge Hansen The Construction Scotland Innovation Centre has announced the appointment of Helge Hansen as its business development manager for the North of Scotland region.