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Project management, cost management and MEP services specialist Contollo Group has added to its senior team with the appointment of Matthew Mackey FRICS as director. Mackey joins Contollo following nearly three decades in senior commercial leadership roles across the UK and Australia, bringing deep

Detailed planning permission has been granted for Tech Terrace, a major new development at the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland (AMIDS) in Renfrewshire.  Adjacent to Glasgow Airport, AMIDS is Scotland’s home of advanced manufacturing and innovation and provides a positi

A Glasgow construction firm is targeting £10 million turnover within the next two years as it prepares to grow its workforce and scale its operations across Scotland and the North of England. VQ Contracts, based in Hillington, expects turnover to reach a record £8.5m this year, up from &

The Scottish Housing Summit will bring together housing associations, local authorities, developers and industry bodies for a day dedicated to the issues shaping housing delivery in Scotland. Running alongside the Scottish Construction Summit, the co-located format also opens up valuable crossover w

Luminary Homes has said it is on track to complete the first phase of a housing development rescued from administration.

A developer has won permission to build 43 new homes in a West Lothian village.

Plans for a historic partnership that will unlock around 1,000 new homes at the long derelict Cowlairs site in north Glasgow have been backed by the council's City Administration Committee.

An American man dressed as Darth Vader appeared before a city council to address the use of Flock surveillance cameras, delivering a tongue-in-cheek defence of the technology. Speaking in the Star Wars villain’s distinctive breathing voice, he told San Diego City councillors: “This is wh

New digital training aiming to increase awareness and reduce suicide amongst sole traders and self-employed construction workers launches ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day (10 September).

M Group has secured a £110 million contract from ScottishPower for major overhead line upgrades across central and southern Scotland.

A new National Lottery-funded pathway programme is helping cultural and creative organisations across Scotland adapt the buildings they own to the impacts of climate change. The fund, co-designed and managed by Creative Scotland and the Scottish Futures Trust, is providing eight organisations with a

Minister for economy, tourism and transport, Stephen Flynn MSP, visited Montrose Port Skills Academy (MPSA) yesterday to meet the next generation of offshore wind talent and highlight the importance of skills development in supporting Scotland’s growing renewable energy sector. During his visi

Investment of over £800,000 has been made at two Dundee primaries over the summer holidays as part of a citywide school building improvement drive, councillors will be told next week. A roof replacement project has been undertaken at Craigiebarns Primary, while new windows were installed at Ea

Hardies Chartered Surveyors has acquired the Glasgow-based Storrier & Donaldson Quantity Surveying practice in a private deal. The acquisition sees Storrier & Donaldson owner Robert Currie join Hardies as consultant partner, with his team relocating to the Glasgow city centre offices of affi

Proposals to improve safety at the busy Toll of Birness junction on the A90 north of Ellon are the subject of a new public consultation.