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Iain Alexander has been named as one of the top ten site managers in Scotland, picking up a Seal of Excellence in this year’s NHBC annual Pride in the Job Awards for his leadership at Taylor Wimpey’s Benthall Farm development in East Kilbride. This award follows Mr Alexander's recen

Scotland’s commercial property market has begun on its road to recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, buoyed by investor appetite for industrial and retail warehousing assets, according to new analysis from Knight Frank. The independent global property consultancy’s research found that &po

The residential property letting market in Glasgow and its surrounding areas is “going crazy” with rental prices soaring to record levels, according to Riccardo Giovanacci, the managing director of agency Newton Letting.  Mr Giovanacci said that monthly rents were achieving levels t

The latest provisional statistics from Registers of Scotland (ROS) show that the average price of a property in Scotland in August 2021 was £180,832, an increase of 16.9% on August 2020.

RSK Group has launched Solutions By Nature to deliver blue-green infrastructure to the UK water market.

HJD Plant Solutions Ltd has launched its brand new hire service with the help of Kubota’s diverse portfolio, meaning almost all of the start-ups' excavators are Kubota models.

Deanestor has hailed its work on an award commendation winning new primary school and community campus in Ayr.

The owner of Aberdeen’s Talisman House has put the property up for sale in what could be the biggest deal in the city since the Covid-19 pandemic began.

A conservation charity has launched an £8 million public appeal to buy an estate which could become a red squirrel “superhighway”. Woodland Trust Scotland hopes to raise the funds to purchase the 4500-acre Couldoran Estate in Wester Ross, which neighbours its existing site at Ben S

Balfour Beatty has reached an agreement for the conversion of its £375 million revolving credit facility (RCF) to the largest sustainability linked loan in the UK construction industry to date, extending the maturity to October 2024.

Fife-based housebuilder Muir Homes has appointed Derek Bertram as construction manager. Part of the Muir Group, the family-run firm has more than 45 years of experience building new homes across Scotland. 

Scottish businesses of all sizes will have a unique opportunity to learn about a huge range of contract opportunities on two major construction projects in Fife at a virtual ‘Meet the Buyer’ event on November 4, as part of Fife Business Week. Delegates will hear about the range of opport

Work is now underway to create the new Inverness Airport station with the start of construction of the platforms at Dalcross.

Pupils attending St Crispin’s School in Edinburgh will soon be relocating to a new campus south of the capital in the Burdiehouse area following completion of all structural and civil design and engineering works carried out by Will Rudd (Edinburgh). The new school, which includes a community

The grants scheme from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) supported 13,700 employers with funding during the 12-month period ending 31 March 2021 to train their workforce through the pandemic and lockdowns, according to its annual report.