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Scottish Borders Council has completed the tendering process to appoint specialist consultants to support the first stage of business case work for the proposed extension of the Borders Railway to Hawick and Carlisle.

A decision to reform an unjust law in Scotland so that victims of deadly cancers caused by asbestos can receive compensation is the "compassionate thing to do", a lawyer has said. “People with ‘pleural plaques’, caused by exposure to asbestos, have three years from diagnosis to mak

Network Rail Scotland has begun a £1.3 million project to upgrade a key railway bridge in Dunblane, helping to keep services running safely and reliably for years to come.

Falkirk’s new town hall has reached a key milestone this month with the appointment of final architects for the £70 million development. Following a competitive process involving a number of Scotland’s top architectural practices, Glasgow-based Stallan-Brand has been chosen to desi

Glasgow City Council has appointed architectural practice O'DonnellBrown to develop a concept design for the meanwhile use of the site of the former Category B-listed five-storey building at the corner of Union Street and Gordon Street, destroyed by the fire there in March.

New programme will help prepare the construction sector for proposed changes aimed at improving quality, compliance and public confidence.

EBS Construction Limited (EBS), the conservation and restoration contractor based in Glasgow, announced on 6 July a number of management changes as the business prepares for growth under the new ownership of Glasgow-headquartered M Squared. In April last year, EBS was acquired by M Squared and is no

Vital Energi is aiding the delivery of a housing scheme which will heat 709 homes with no individual gas boilers, in a development anticipated to save 294 tonnes of carbon per annum. The energy services (ESCo) division of Vital Energi, Vital Community Energi, has inked deals to develop, own and run

Cruden has donated £840 to a community-led project in Jedburgh known as Get Jed Fed which encourages locals and schoolchildren to plant, grow and harvest produce.

An £88 million Passivhaus secondary school, which caters for over 1,700 pupils across west Fife, has now been completed. 

Novus Property Solutions, the maintenance, refurbishment and fit-out contractor, has been awarded a RoSPA Gold Award at the 2026 RoSPA Awards, for its focus on health and safety. 

Scottish families are being invited to a construction event this summer as the construction organisation Advance Construction Group hosts The Advance Construction Experience at the Riverside Museum in Glasgow. 

The international infrastructure group, Balfour Beatty, has announced the appointment of Melody Meyer and Sandra (Sandy) Stash on 6 July as the company's non-executive directors and members of the Remuneration Committee, effective on 13 July. Meyer carries international board and executive experienc

A planning application has been submitted on behalf of Albert Investment Co., for a new Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Glasgow’s St George’s Road.  The PBSA demonstrated a celebration of heritage through the retention of the current façade and a modern i

Marked by local dignitaries and tenants, the delivery of 12 new affordable homes in Dornoch has been completed, concluding the last phase of a development by Albyn Housing Society and Springfield Partnerships. Local MSP, David Green, joined tenants and representatives from Albyn and Springfield to f