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The multi-million pound City Deal regeneration project in West Dunbartonshire has moved to the next stage after councillors approved the latest proposals. The project would see the former EXXON site near Bowling undergo a £27.897 million transformation, including a road built providing an alternati

Perth City Hall Councillors will next week be asked to consider two proposals to lease the former Perth City Hall and bring the building back into use.

£1.5m secured to restore Dean Castle Dean Castle

The first major milestone in the construction of Dundee's £80.11 million V&A museum has been reached with the completion of a coffer dam in the River Tay. Beginning the construction of the museum in March, BAM Construction has now completed the temporary watertight structure built around the pa

Demolition contractors are being invited to join a new four-year framework worth up to £64 million. The framework comes as council’s push to regenerate their regions and produce more new housing.

The new Keppie-designed Ronald McDonald House has opened its doors at the South Glasgow Hospitals Campus. The £3.4 million facility, run by independent charity Ronald McDonald House Glasgow, provides free amenities and accommodation for families of sick children from all over Scotland who are being

Construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall has started preparatory work to replace the Ruthven Road bridge on the outskirts of Kingussie in the Cairngorms National Park for The Highland Council. The single-track road bridge spans the River Spey linking the B970 and the communities beyond

Aileen McLeod Scottish landowners will have to accept “the public responsibilities that come with that ownership” following the introduction of new land reform legislation.

Left to right: Lovell regional director Alan Taylor; Archie McDermid, site manager for the Little Boghead project; Derek Brown, site manager for the kitchen and bathroom replacement programme for Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership and Lovell regional health, safety and environmental manager W

West Dunbartonshire learning disability centre gets £700k upgrade A facility which provides care and support for adults with learning disabilities has undergone a major £700,000 refurbishment.

An ambitious £200 million plan to reposition Stirling as an “economic and cultural powerhouse” at the heart of Scotland is being developed by Stirling Council. The plan – part of the council’s City Development Framework – is being drawn up in association with public and private sector sta

John Muir The highest paid director at building firm Muir Group got a pay package worth more than £1 million in its most recent financial year, The Herald has reported.

A new women's prison, catering for just 80 offenders, is to be built to replace Scotland's only female jail at Cornton Vale in Stirling, the justice secretary has announced. Michael Matheson, who scrapped plans for a new 300-cell jail in Inverclyde in January, said a new small national prison will b

David Allen Wates Group has appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO) and company secretary as it unveiled a modernised new brand identitiy.

One of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s finest buildings is facing a £2.5 million repair bill to save it from ruin. Hill House in Helensburgh is run by the National Trust for Scotland and the charity is looking to raise the cash to save it from “excessive water ingress”.