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The former Marshall Works manufacturing site in Carluke, South Lanarkshire, has been sold to power line contractors PLPC by DM Hall.

The Chartered Institute of Building’s President for the 24/25 term has been revealed as Mike Kagioglou FCIOB. Throughout his year in office, Mike plans to use his platform as CIOB president to drive greater focus on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The bridge that connects Scotland’s fastest-growing town and spans both the Union Canal and the Edinburgh-Glasgow railway line has now been officially opened.

Construction work has started on a new 157-bedroom hotel in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh after property development company S Harrison appointed Ogilvie Construction as the principal contractor.

St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies is organising a sponsored walk in memory of former colleague Stevie Russell, who passed away suddenly at the end of last year. The father-of-two was a pillar of the community in Polbeth and had been working tirelessly to raise money for the construction of t

Rail contractor QTS Group has made several key promotions within its board of directors and a 25% growth in recruitment to support its growth and operational excellence. Gary Burnett has been promoted to regional director for England & Wales whilst Barry McLeish steps into the role of regional d

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a contract to construct three new substations in Argyll, on behalf of SSEN Transmission. The contract has been awarded through the GIS2 RIIO T2 framework, to which the company was appointed in 2022.

A construction industry-wide survey seeking views on the issue of Contractor Design Portions (CDP) has been flooded with responses reflecting how important it is as a topic across the sector. The survey, issued by the Construction Quality Improvement Collaborative (CQIC) which was established in ear

Windows and doors manufacturer NorDan UK has unveiled a £50,000 refurbishment of the showroom at its Livingston headquarters.

Glasgow-based construction and manufacturing group CCG is supporting Harbour Homes across the district of Leith with a large-scale window replacement programme for over 479 households.

The masterplan for a proposed development of homes at Conglass, Inverurie, by Cala Homes has been approved by Aberdeenshire Council.

The Scottish Government risks presiding over a collapse in housebuilding and needs to take urgent action to tackle the housing emergency, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has said in response to "dire" new statistics which show the number of homes completed by housing

Avant Homes Scotland has acquired a 2.42-acre site in Glenboig, North Lanarkshire, to deliver a £9 million new development of 31 homes.

A three-bedroom house in San Francisco's affluent Russian Hill neighbourhood has been listed for an astonishingly low price of $488,000 (around £385,000).

Maxi Caledonian, the Irvine-based haulage and construction group, has exceeded £100 million in turnover for the first time.