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Works to transform Aberdeen’s historic Castlegate will get underway next week with preliminary activities already taking place. Construction workers will fence off the area which will undergo major improvements as part of Aberdeen City Council’s £150 million city centre and beach m

Morgan Sindall Construction, alongside industry partners, has delivered A World of Work Tasters 2026, welcoming over 200 young people to the Engine Shed in Stirling for a free, three-day event offering hands-on experience across seven construction trades and disciplines.

A cross-government ministerial board has been established to coordinate the Scottish Government’s immediate and longer-term response to the Glasgow Union Corner fire that will support the ongoing critical work of partners and stakeholders.

Work on the new Hazlehead Academy Campus in Aberdeen began in earnest yesterday. The new campus is being built on the playing fields of the existing school, with the current academy continuing to operate throughout the construction phase of the new school building.

Political uncertainty has been found to be a growing challenge for roofing businesses, with many firms feeling the Autumn Budget failed to provide the certainty needed for future planning, a new survey has revealed.

Clyde Gateway has marked the completion of all construction phases at Cuningar Loop Woodland Park with a symbolic final tree planting, celebrating the culmination of more than a decade of transformation at one of Scotland’s most ambitious urban greening projects.

A long-established family-run specialist flooring contractor headquartered in East Kilbride has ceased trading after its directors appointed administrators this week, with 43 employees made redundant. George Lafferty of BTG was appointed administrator of Industrial Floor Treatments Limited on 10 Mar

Scottish surveyors have reported slower homebuyer demand in February but they expect sales and prices to continue rising, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.

Spades are in the ground at a new housing development site which will deliver much-needed new council housing in St Ninians. Construction is underway on the site at Graystale Road which will deliver 44 housing units for Stirling Council. Previously, the site had been vacant since 2012 and planning p

More than 130 key suppliers and contractors of Wheatley are doing their bit to improve communities across Scotland as part of a Community Benefit programme, which runs from 16 to 20 March. The programme, called Spring into Action, sees volunteers from companies ranging from construction firms to arc

Plans to preserve a temporary route linking Gullane with the surrounding countryside have been approved by East Lothian Council after strong backing from local residents.

Greenock’s Larkfield Community Hall has been revitalised with upgrades to its kitchen facilities thanks to collaboration between Link Group, its partners C~urb and Larkfield Housing Association, Inverclyde Council, and Inverclyde Leisure.

Orkney Housing Association has awarded the largest construction contract in its history as work begins on the next phase of the Walliwall housing development in Kirkwall. The £11.5 million contract has been awarded to local firm Orkney Builders (Contractors) Ltd and will deliver 41 m

CBRE has advised Sky in securing a long-term lease on new office space at 55 Douglas Street in Glasgow city centre, comprising 26,184 sq ft across the fourth and fifth floors of the Grade A building. The move to 55 Douglas Street represents a strategic investment by Sky in its people. Following a co

The Ubiquitous Chip in Glasgow has been designated as a Category B listed building by Historic Environment Scotland (HES). The restaurant is famous for its links to the artistic and cultural community of the city’s west-end, and in particular Scottish author and artist Alasdair Gray. It was es