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Public procurement authority SCAPE Scotland has acquired a construction waste management platform in a move it said will "further accelerate the sector’s progress towards cutting carbon and waste in construction". With the UK construction sector currently accounting for around 60 million

Transport minister Graeme Dey has unveiled a three-strong contractor shortlist for the third A9 Dualling project following a successful rail bridge slide.

M&G Real Estate and property developer partner Qmile Group have agreed pre-lets for 55% of Haymarket One at the £350 million Haymarket Edinburgh development.

Will Smith has been appointed as the new managing director by mechanical and electrical engineering provider Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick. Will has over 20 years of experience in the building services, property and construction sectors, encompassing a variety of commercial and senior leadership ro

In the 1970s, Ardersier – a vast and currently unused port 14 miles east of Inverness – was one of the largest oil rig fabrication yards in the world, employing up to 4500 workers. At over 400 acres (162ha) and with more than a kilometre of quayside, Ardersier is the largest brownfield p

A huge, 12-pointed star has been installed on top of one of the towers of Antoni Gaudí's famous Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona.

Kilmac is to continue its relationship with Robertson Group after successfully winning the groundworks package for the first Passivhaus primary school in Scotland.

As part of its ongoing commitment to working in partnership with local communities, Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has recently donated funding to Cramond Playgroup to cover some of its additional costs linked to the ongoing health emergency. The funding includes providing parents access to a digital p

Places for People has unveiled its new four-bedroom detached show home at Tornagrain, the newest town in the Highlands and located only eight miles east of Inverness.

A £1,000 donation from the CALA Homes community bursary initiative has supported Aberdeenshire North Foodbank with a regional initiative that will help provide local families with the food, equipment and skills to prepare healthy meals. The scheme is running across the foodbank’s five Ab

With just two months to go until new fire safety legislation comes into effect, influential trade association SELECT is reminding homeowners to ensure they have compliant heat, smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms installed. The campaigning body for the electrical industry in Scotland says it&rsquo

The development consortium which owns more than 200 acres of development land in the west of Edinburgh has unveiled its vision for a significant new neighbourhood to be built on the site. New Ingliston Limited has been rebranded as West Town Edinburgh Ltd (WTE) and is now moving forward with its pla

Private rental sector and build to rent residential and urban regeneration specialist Sigma Capital Group has strengthened its team with four new appointments across Manchester, London and Edinburgh. Following Sigma’s acquisition by pan-European private equity specialist PineBridge Benson Elli

Work is under way to install Moray’s first footbridges constructed entirely from materials made from recycled plastic bottles.

Dundee City Council’s community benefits policy has created dozens of employment opportunities, apprenticeships and work experience opportunities through major city construction projects, despite the challenges of the pandemic, a report to councillors will highlight next week. Councillors will