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Wilton Lodge Park regeneration project all set for 2015

Margaret Burgess The number of new homes built in Scotland has risen by nine per cent in the last year, according to official figures.

Aberdeenshire construction firm Chap Group has ended its business with Clydesdale after signing a £20 million finance deal with Santander. The Westhill-based company – which has divisions covering civil engineering, commercial property, house building and quarrying plans to use the new deal to ac

Sarah Speirs Private construction workloads have continued to increase despite a further rise in skill shortages, according to the latest RICS UK Construction Market Survey.

Persimmon has reported a 17 per cent increase in completions of house sales in 2014 despite heightened industry fears over a cooling housing market. The York-based company reported a 23 per cent year-on-year rise in full-year revenue to £2.6 billion on Wednesday, slightly ahead of analyst estimates

Marie Boulton A booming north-east economy led to Aberdeen City Council’s planning department taking in more than £1 million in fees last year, according to reports.

Margaret Burgess The Home Report has cut the number of surveys which buyers have to commission and helped stop artificially low asking prices since its introduction in 2008, new research has found.

Work has started on a £1.5 million mosque and community centre in Aberdeen after contractors moved onsite yesterday.

Jack Rodin Jack Rodin, who played a leading role in BDP in the 1970s and 80s, has died aged 88. His funeral took place on 31st December at Eltham Crematorium London.

Gordon Wilson Scotland TranServ, the Mouchel / Balfour Beatty Joint Venture which manages and maintains south west Scotland’s motorways and trunk roads, has appointed Gordon Wilson as its new contract director.

Morgan Sindall Property Services managing director Gary Lester Construction and regeneration group Morgan Sindall Group has launched a new business division to deliver an extended range of property support and facilities management services.

Graham completes Silverburn extension

The trading companies which make up Fife timber specialist James Donaldson & Son Ltd produced a mixed performance in the last financial year, The Courier has reported. The family-owned firm revealed an overall increase in profits of around £300,000 to almost £2.5 million when accounts for the

CCG (Scotland) Ltd is looking positively towards future growth despite a 32 per cent drop in turnover, the firm has said. Annual accounts filed at Companies House show turnover came in at £87.9 million in the 12 months to March 31 this year, down from £128.9m in the previous financial year. That c

Three years into construction and 2014 has provided many striking moments in the story of building the Forth estuary’s newest bridge.