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Despite a fall in construction activity at the start of 2023, surveyors in Scotland are predicting sector growth for the first time in almost a year while another survey has highlighted a rebound in repair, maintenance, and improvement (RMI) work for construction SMEs.

Residents at the Stewart Milne Homes Dunnottar Park development in Stonehaven are playing their role in protecting local hedgehogs, having joined efforts to install hedgehog homes in the neighbourhood. In a partnership between the leading housebuilder and The Conservation Volunteers (TCV), the Dunno

As part of its commitment to future-proofing its workforce, members of Taylor Wimpey East Scotland’s Young Persons’ Forum returned to school recently with a day of workshops for S3 students at Preston Lodge High School. Taylor Wimpey East Scotland is one of East Lothian’s leading h

New home registrations in Scotland in the first quarter of 2023 have fallen by 42% compared to the same period last year, new data released by the National House Building Council (NHBC) has revealed.

A voluptuous mermaid sculpture installed in the small fishing town of Monopoli in Italy’s Puglia region has been making waves for being “too provocative”. The artwork sits in the Piazza Rita Levi-Montalcini - a Square named after the 1986 Nobel prize-winning Italian scientist

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Former US President Donald Trump has officially launched a new golf venture in Scotland, with construction beginning on the MacLeod course at Trump International Scotland in Aberdeenshire. Named after his late mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, the course aims to become one of the world's top golf destinati

Network Rail has hailed progress on a 10-week programme to renew track at Glasgow Central's platform 1.

Scottish Forestry has awarded £452,000 towards a three-year trial that will test the use of state-of-the-art electric timber wagons to transport timber.

The largest standalone operational battery storage in Scotland has been brought online at a site in Dundee. SUSI-Eelpower, a joint venture between SUSI Partners and Eelpower, selected EDF as a trading and optimisation partner for the 50MW battery. EDF will provide market access and optimise operatio

Work on the Monifieth Learning Campus is set to begin next month after councillors rubber-stamped the project despite spiralling costs.

Savills has continued to expand its engineering & design consultancy (EDC) team with the appointment of Martin McClafferty as associate director and William Johnston as associate in Glasgow. Joining from HDR Consulting Engineers, Martin is a chartered engineer with 25 years’ experience ope

Three of Kier Group's infrastructure services units are to be consolidated into two in a division restructure for the firm. From 1 July 2023, the group’s current business streams of highways, utilities and infrastructure will be known as transportation and natural resources, nuclear & netw

JGC, a long-established family owned and run engineering business located in Thurso, has been acquired by engineering group Langfields. Initially focusing on welding, JGC has expanded over the years into highly specialised steel design and fabrication for high-growth clean energies including nu

Following the full integration of GH Johnston Building Consultants Ltd (GHJ) in March 2023 as a new Planning & Design division within Mabbett & Associates Ltd (Mabbett), the company continues its growth journey with the addition of Gary Mackintosh (formerly owner of GMC Surveys) as principal