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While Guinness World Records officially lists the Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt as the world’s oldest pyramid (around 2,630 BC), one new paper has claimed a layer of the Gunung Padang pyramid in Indonesia was constructed as far back as 25,000 BC – though there have since been doubts as t

Temporary works specialist Mabey Hire has appointed John Breen as its new managing director. Currently commercial director at RMD Kwikform, Mr Breen will join Mabey Hire from October 21st.

Made Orders for dualling the stretch of the A9 between Killiecrankie and Glen Garry have today been published by the Scottish Government.

Stirling Council has agreed to dispose surplus land and assets in the Viewforth area enabling the development of around 150 new homes and associated infrastructure and green spaces. The eight-hectare site is a key part of Stirling city centre and includes the land and assets in and around Old Viewfo

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its response to Consumer Scotland’s call for information as part of a review of consumer protection frameworks in the market for energy efficiency and low carbon heating products.

Construction work on a new £300 million teaching and research campus for the University of Glasgow is to get underway this month. The Keystone Building is the fifth major building to be constructed through the University’s £1.3 billion Campus Development Programme. 

A plan to build a film and TV studio that could attract major productions to the Highlands, Moray and Aberdeenshire has taken a major step forward with the formation of a working group.

A Perthshire construction business has dispatched home kits on an 8,000-mile journey to the Falkland Islands. Accustomed to sending materials UK-wide, including remote Scottish islands, Auchterarder-based JML SIPs has shipped eight of its specialist SIPs (Structural Insulated Panels) home kits acros

A £1.3 million contract has been awarded for the refurbishment of a building on Enterprise Park Forres to create the new Manufacturing Innovation Centre Moray (MICM). Developer Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has commissioned Morrison Construction to carry out the works and the Torrance

The University of St Andrews is considering a major project to fit its rooftops with solar panels in a bid to cut carbon and cash and reinvest savings in an ambitious bid to be net zero by 2035.

Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) wind farm off the coast of Fife is now generating power into the national grid.

Edinburgh has retained its position as the most attractive city for UK regional hotel investment for the fourth consecutive year running, and has moved up one spot to ninth most attractive in Europe, according to Deloitte.

St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies is hoping for a double success having been shortlisted in two categories at the prestigious Builders’ Merchants Awards 2024.

Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes North Scotland welcomed Graham Leadbitter, MP for Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey, to its two Findrassie sites last month to showcase the new homes and transformation of the area. The housebuilder invited Mr Leadbitter to take a tour of the sites and see first-h

Cala Homes (West) is inviting local people to attend a second stage consultation event to learn more about its proposals to create a residential development at Burnfoot Road, Lochwinnoch.