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Plans to create a centre of excellence for performing and visual arts on the site of Dundee’s former Head Post Office have been abandoned over a lack of financial support.

Cumbernauld-based architectural facades manufacturer MSP has invested £250,000 in new technology and improved facilities to meet increased demand for its services. Among its new acquisitions is a CNC-controlled Mayer beam saw and a second Rainer Eletek turret punch. These machines will dramati

A high-tech new heating system which will transform the way homes, businesses and public buildings in Clydebank are heated is now operational.

Revised proposals for a holiday village near Culloden Moor in Inverness have been rejected by councillors.

Professional services business Turner & Townsend has advised UK construction clients to swiftly finalise and activate their risk management strategies before the end of the Brexit transition period. 

Moray Council's planning committee has agreed plans to build 77 houses in the village of Lhanbryde. Yesterday, the committee backed the council officers' recommendation to approve Springfield Properties’ development at St Andrew Terrace.

A public consultation is being held on a new housing development proposed for Bellevue Gardens, Kilmarnock.

A Highland councillor has issued a plea to people obsessed with notorious occultist Aleister Crowley not to spoil the restoration of his former house after the project was given the green light. Two applications relating to Boleskine House, overlooking Loch Ness, were yesterday approved by

Aberdeenshire-based Bancon Construction has secured a batch of new contracts valued at more than £25 million, paving the way for continued growth into 2021. The new business will see the company working in Aberdeen, Dundee, Nairn and Inverness, following Bancon’s first contract win in th

Members of the Highland Council’s south planning applications committee have unanimously refused a planning application for a six-storey, 162-bed hotel in Inverness city centre.

The property industry must do more to demonstrate the positive impact of construction projects on communities across Scotland, according to new research by public sector procurement authority SCAPE Scotland.

Sharkey has been appointed to deliver the 44,000 sqft office headquarters fit-out for law firms Brodies.

After a period spanning more than 30 years, during which he has been seen as a major force driving industry improvement, Rudi Klein is stepping down from his role as CEO of the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group (SEC Group) as from the beginning of the new year. His support for the sect

The large number of planning application decisions overturned by the Scottish Government is "making a mockery of local democracy", according to a former councillor. Figures published by the Press & Journal, revealed that 80% of applications turned down by councillors in Orkney hav

The Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has welcomed another two major organisations to its ranks. The unique collective, which was established in March as COVID-19 struck, has been at the vanguard of the battle to save the construction sector in Scotland during the first enforced s