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Mike Galloway The shortlist for Scotland’s premier home building industry awards has been announced as trade body Homes for Scotland gears up for its largest ever ceremony celebrating the sector’s achievements.

Ambitious plans for a £66 million refurbishment and redisplay of the Burrell Collection took a step closer after Glasgow City Council approved the next stage in funding for the development. The move follows a major master planning exercise, which outlined plans which will see more than 90 per cent

Eileen and Brian Stemp (centre), two of the development's phase one residents, in their new flat with Ian Watson, Master of The Merchant Company of Edinburgh’s Endowments Trust - one of the project's main backers (left) and Mike Afshar (right), chairman of The Merchant Company’s Frail and Elderl

Residential care specialist Randolph Hill Nursing Homes has secured a £26 million finance package from HSBC to help revamp its existing facilities and support long-term expansion plans. The Edinburgh-based company, which owns and operates six nursing homes across central and east Scotland, is about

Morgan Sindall has moved on site on the mixed-use Marischal Square development in Aberdeen city centre. Appointed by developer and urban regeneration specialist Muse Developments to construct the £107 million development, Morgan Sindall will deliver the two-year construction programme, creating 300

The BRE Trust has announced a major three year funding programme to improve the resilience of buildings and infrastructure to the growing threats of flooding, wind damage and overheating associated with climate change. In January 2014 parts of the UK experienced rainfall of three times the historic

First year apprentices Lewis Marnoch (left) and Mark Lawson Fourteen apprentices at house builder Stewart Milne Group have spoken about the first steps they have taken on the way to completing the four-year scheme they joined last summer.

The well-known boss of a construction firm has died after falling ill while on holiday in Tenerife. Douglas Gilbert, 56, the boss of Riverside Construction, passed away suddenly while abroad with his wife Yvonne on the island on Tuesday.

School children decorate Kelvin Hall site

James Forbes Construction professionals are being urged to act now and ensure they are compliant with the new Construction (Design and Management) Regulations, which came into force this week - 6 April 2015.

Graham Construction has been appointed as the main contractor for the development of a revolutionary new education development project planned for Dumfries. The Dumfries Learning Town Project (DLT) will see the redevelopment of Dumfries and Galloway’s school portfolio to deliver education on a who

New road and rail links to Edinburgh Airport and an extended Borders Railway are among major projects being drawn up by a partnership of local authorities, under ambitious £1 billion city deal plans announced today. The Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region – comprising Edinburgh, Borders

Russell Institute Scottish contractor CBC has been appointed to take on the £4.5 million restoration of Paisley’s Russell Institute.

Pictured with the former cash-and-carry building ‘The Blue Shed’ behind them from left are Dame Seona Reid (chair of the National Theatre of Scotland), Laurie Sansom (artistic director of the National Theatre of Scotland), Baille Liz Cameron (executive member for jobs and the economy at Glasgow

The winners celebrate at last year's North East Trades Awards 2014. The shortlist for the 2015 North East Trades Awards was announced by an independent panel of judges this week after receiving a record number of applications.