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Paris has lowered its height limit for new buildings in the city in an attempt to preserve the skyline.

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has seen a rise in the number of property owners seeking cover as rampant inflation prompts a surge in the volume of requests it receives for reinstatement cost assessments. With inflation being a hot topic in the national conversation with rising cost

Transport Minister Kevin Stewart has tendered his resignation to the First Minister and stepped down from his ministerial post for health-related reasons. Mr Stewart previously served as the Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning from 2016 , and Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social

Veitchi Group's group managing director Jim Preston and group operations director Raymond Tedeschi have retired after a combined 25 years of service. Their retirement had been planned for sometime with John Brown taking over as managing director and Colin Kennedy joining the holding board in a suppo

Work to remodel Carstairs junction offered once in a generation access to the key cross border route and Network Rail delivered a wide range of work at multiple locations on the line.

Highland Council’s Redesign Board members have approved moves towards more investment in solar and battery storage.

Major refurbishment work is about to start at a Speyside school to revamp the nursery accommodation as part of Moray Council’s £17.5m early learning and childcare (ELC) expansion programme.

Hawick High School students have enjoyed an introduction to traditional construction skills with a series of mini masterclasses arranged as part of the Hawick Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (Hawick CARS).

Badenoch and Strathspey Area Committee has recommended that Highland Council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee formally approve and adopt the Grantown-on-Spey Conservation Area Management Plan.

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors is sponsoring two prizes for students on the University of Aberdeen Business School Real Estate course. The financial prizes will be awarded to the ‘Best MSc Real Estate student’ and to the ‘Best third year student studying the Real Estate Development a

A drop-in consultation is to be held for work which would protect the Bridge of Dee from materials which wash away from the river bed during floods.

Car park design needs to evolve to cope with bigger, heavier electric cars, and 21st century social and environmental issues, according to new guidance published today by the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE).

Building products distributor, CCF, recently joined forces with mineral wool insulation specialist ROCKWOOL to host a special event to celebrate women in construction.

Gas distribution company SGN has selected flow control solutions specialist Oxford Flow, to help prove the hydrogen-readiness of existing gas network infrastructure. The companies will work together as part of SGN’s LTS Futures project, which is verifying the compatibility of Great Britain&rsq

Barratt Developments is supporting the Archie Foundation for its annual football tournament. Team Fire are preparing to go head-to-head with their emergency service partners Team Police and, this year, Team NHS and Team SAS too all in support of the Battle of the Badges football tournament to help r