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Solid rates of expansion in the commercial and civil engineering sectors have helped continue business activity growth for construction across the UK, according to the S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI).

The Court of Session has allowed demolition work at the Ayr Station Hotel to continue after it dismissed a legal challenge from the building's owner.

Argyll and Bute Council has welcomed the concept of fixed island transport links in principle but has called for more clarity on the proposals regarding its impact on existing roads and services.

The design team tasked with bringing Grant Lodge in Elgin back to life is to be led by architectural practice Page\Park Architects.

Perth-based waste manager Binn Group and French recycling and green energies firm Paprec have partnered on a new energy from waste (EfW) facility in Tayside. This €120 million project aims to provide low carbon energy to local industries, creating 200 jobs during construction and 30 long-term p

West Lothian Council has launched a postcode look-up facility for council housing tenants where they can check when their home is scheduled for improvement and maintenance works. This service enables council tenants to search for the proposed review year for Housing Capital Investment Programme work

Local community-led projects aimed at revitalising homes and improving rural transport links will be taken forward by Perth and Kinross Council and partners, following a winning bid for Innovate UK Pathfinder Places funding. The £150,000 funding provided follows a successful Phase 1 Pathfinder

Shetland Islands Council staff are among those benefitting from a visit to Lerwick by a fully-equipped mobile classroom to deliver certified heat pump training.

A public consultation that will help shape future developments at the Viewforth and Burghmuir Road areas of Stirling has now gone live. The new draft framework and planning brief for Viewforth and Burghmuir covers a key area of the city centre that includes the Viewforth site, existing council build

North Lanarkshire Council is marking another completion of one of its new council housing developments.

Kingdom Group has started work on 45 affordable new homes for social rent in Kinglassie, Fife.

Work is underway to build a 40-bedroom care complex and 46 extra care flats alongside a day-care unit in Bonnyrigg. Ogilvie Construction is building the development, which will be constructed to the Passivhaus green-energy standards, on behalf of Midlothian Health and Social Care Partnership and Mid

An £18 million active travel corridor between Broughty Ferry and Monifieth has been officially opened.

Fife Council has become the first local authority in Scotland to submit an Evidence Report to Gate Check, the first stage in preparing a new style Local Development Plan for the Kingdom.

The windmill blades of the Moulin Rouge, the most famous cabaret club in Paris, have fallen off.