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Organisers of the BIM Convention, which is being held at the Glasgow City Hotel on Thursday 22 October 2015, are delighted to announced that leading international Building Services Company TUV SUD Wallace Whittle, will be the Main Sponsor for the event. TÜV SÜD Wallace Whittle are international aw

Confidence amongst Scottish construction employers about the year ahead has declined during the third quarter of 2015, according to a new report. The latest Scottish Construction Monitor, a quarterly survey of the membership of trade body the Scottish Building Federation (SBF), found that confidence

John White Retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone has increased its investment target to £2.5 billion over the next four years as it delivered continued growth in 2015.

Ogilvie Construction has started work on an £11 million project to build a new development in Aberdeen for SACO The Serviced Apartment Company. The nine storey building on Union Street will include studio and one bedroom apartments grouped around internal courtyards. It will incorporate a café bar

Archial Norr has lodged a planning application for a new primary school in East Dunbartonshire. To be built by Morgan Sindall on the site of the existing Woodhill Primary School in Bishopbriggs, the new development will replace the current Auchinairn and Woodhill Primaries and forms part of the East

The clubhouse at Castle Stuart Detailed plans for a new golf course designed by legendary golfer Arnold Palmer have been submitted to the Highland Council.

A Language of Stone The winning entries for the third group of design competitions to be built as part of the widely acclaimed Scottish Scenic Routes initiative have been revealed.

A 100kW solar array in Dundee As many as 2,400 of the 3,000 solar jobs in Scotland could be at risk due to the proposed 87 per cent cut to the feed-in tariff for solar energy, according to new Solar Trade Association analysis.

The new apprentices include Back Left to Right – Liam Fraser, Plumbing Apprentice from Longniddry in Edinburgh; Ryan Devenney, also a Plumbing Apprentice from Duddingston in Edinburgh; Ryan Kelly, a Heating Engineer Apprentice from Kilwinning; Mathew Brisbane, a Plumbing Apprentice from Troon. Fro

Scottish Construction Now has teamed up with the Scottish Construction Convention to give away FREE tickets to an event which promises to take a comprehensive look at the reality of implementing BIM into construction organisations, both large and small. The BIM Convention will be held at the Glasgow

Aberdeen City Council has submitted a Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) for a new £120 million Energy from Waste (EfW) facility on a derelict industrial site at East Tullos. The submission of the PAN signals the start of the pre-application consultation for the forthcoming planning application.

NHS Lothian has submitted plans for the new £72 million East Lothian Community Hospital to be built on the site of the current Roodlands Hospital in Haddington. Construction is anticipated to start on the project in late 2016, however planning approval and business case approval is still awaited fr

Perth City Hall The long-running conclusion to the future of Perth City Hall will move closer next week when councillors consider plans to transform the building into a food market or a hotel.

Nicola Barclay The time taken to decide major housing developments in Scotland has increased to its slowest yet, official figures have shown.

Crieff councillors Ann Cowan and Rhona Brock have paid a site visit to inspect progress on a £2 million redevelopment on the site of the long-abandoned Crown Hotel which will provide fourteen new homes for social rent by the end of the year. The hotel, in the centre of Crieff, had lain unused and d