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The delivery of Aberdeen City Council’s Schools Estate programme has been revised and reprioritised due to the impact of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) being present in three school buildings.

A Shropshire man has been handed a suspended sentence for running a window-fitting company while he was disqualified as a company director. Gary Kelvin Link, 46, from Telford, was given a 10-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months after he was found to have breached the terms of his eight-year

Connected construction technology specialist SITECH UK & Ireland has expanded its customer services team with two key appointments. Sion Hughes comes on board as training and professional services manager and Phil Matchett as Southeast sales consultant. The duo bring more than two decades of exp

A Holyrood committee returned from the February recess yesterday to begin a short inquiry into the Scottish Government’s Housing to 2040 strategy.

Live sports and entertainment provider AEG Europe has submitted a planning application to the City of Edinburgh Council for an 8,500-capacity arena at Edinburgh Park.

Maxi Construction has been awarded a £1.9 million contract from the City of Edinburgh Council for retrofit works to Liberton Nursery.

An £860,000 project in Scone has transformed 25 homes, previously at risk of demolition, to make them warmer and cheaper to heat whilst focusing on Hanover Scotland’s net zero aspirations. The one-bedroom bungalows located at Hanover Gardens in Scone, near Perth, have each been fully ret

Scottish Water’s £2.5 million project to tackle frequent flooding on the A8 trunk road through Inverclyde has been completed. East Hamilton Street in Greenock – which runs parallel to the River Clyde past the James Watt Dock - has been prone to localised floods for many years.

A historic Welsh pub is set to reopen after being rebuilt brick-by-brick 10 miles down the road.

SLR Consulting has appointed experienced transport advisor Iain Lamb to its Edinburgh-based team as the consultancy launches a new service offering for transport planning in Scotland. Mr Lamb brings almost 30 years of experience to the construction consultancy business and will be responsible for pr

Global engineering and sustainable development consultancy Arup has appointed digital expert Jeremy Doherty as its new Edinburgh officer leader. Jeremy has over 17 years’ experience managing and delivering a wide range of digital technology, engineering, energy, and environmental projects, spe

Construction work has commenced on a 49.9MW/99.8MWh Pitkevy facility in Fife after global clean energy enterprise TagEnergy reached financial close on the facility, its sixth battery energy storage system (BESS) project in the UK. The project was financed under a non-recourse green loan package

Springfield Properties is "confident of meeting market expectations" for profitability and debt reduction for the full year to May, the housebuilder said today in its first-half trading update.

Cumbernauld-headquartered furniture manufacturer Livn Manufacturing Limited has welcomed a six-figure funding package from UKSE, a subsidiary of Tata Steel, that will help the business invest in new technology and IT infrastructure to enhance its operations. Founded by Stephen Connachan in 1995, Liv

Miller Homes is donating £10,000 to community groups near its Scottish developments to help support 17 local schools, charities, foodbanks, and other causes in need. The housebuilder’s Community Fund, which is now in its second year and third round of funding, invites applications for fu