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A new skills academy to prepare young people for the variety of careers in the construction industry is being launched by the City of Edinburgh Council. Skanska and Mitie have recently been awarded a 10-year Statutory Inspections, Repairs and Maintenance contract for operational buildings with the c

Plans for a new restaurant in the West End of Glasgow have been given a boost after Cater Group signed an agreement to purchase the site. The triangular site at 147 Dumbarton Road, between Benalder Street and Coopers Well Street, near the junction with Byres Road, is currently vacant.

Plans to breathe new life into one of Scotland’s last remaining flax industry buildings have been given a funding boost from the Levenmouth Reconnected Programme. The former Silverburn Flax Mill in Leven’s Silverburn Park is to be transformed over the coming years as FEAT (Fife Empl

Mark Castle, the former chief operating officer of Mace, has joined the board of Taylor Wimpey as a non-executive director. Mr Castle, stepped down as Mace COO last April after 16 years in the role, previously held executive roles at Structuretone and Wates.

Pacific Building has been entrusted with the delivery of an all-new executive lounge at Edinburgh International Airport for Global airport hospitality providers Plaza Premium Group. It will be the first Plaza Premium Lounge in Scotland and it will operate in collaboration with Edinburgh Gin.

Kate Forbes, cabinet secretary for finance and economy, and Rob Shuter, CEO of BT Enterprise, participated in the ground-breaking ceremony yesterday to mark the official beginning of work on BT Group’s brand new multi-million-pound contact centre in Dundee. The new office, which will be h

A planning application has been submitted to South Lanarkshire Council seeking to change the use of office space to assisted accommodation at Hamilton's New Douglas Park. The application for the Fountain of Youth Stadium intends to develop residential living on the ground and first floor of the Nort

The Doors Open Days festival, which offers free access to buildings and events across Scotland, will return to Edinburgh and East Lothian on September  24 and 25 with an in-person and online programme. For the first time, the programme will be guest-curated by Under One Roof, Scotland’s c

Scotland’s skills and training minister visited City Building yesterday to present the Glasgow business with a historic accolade for developing its young workforce. City Building is the first ever construction firm, and only the fourth business in Scotland, to achieve the Investor in Young Peo

New proposals have been unveiled to transform the former Scottish Widows HQ in Edinburgh into 200 homes and modern sustainable offices.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: J.Smart & Co. (Contractors) Plc.

Muir Homes has acquired land to allow the delivery of new family homes at its first development in Kilmarnock. The development will be 4.76 acres in size and the layout is being prepared to give a range of options to families.

Robertson Homes is to build 114 new homes in the south west of Inverness after completing the acquisition of a ten-acre site in Torvean.

The initial concept designs for the visitor experience within the gardens and South Tower of Inverness Castle have been revealed.

The winners of the RICS Awards 2022 in Scotland have been revealed and some of the most impressive recent building projects from the local area are on the list. Canonmills Garden in Edinburgh has won the residential project award, while Provost Skene's House in Aberdeen won the heritage award and Ca