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The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has announced the appointment of Graeme Fox as its new head of technical. Mr Fox, a Dundee man who has headed REFCOM since late 2016, said he was delighted to be taking up his new position “at an exciting time for the industry”.

Plans to develop the first purpose-built mosque in Perth have been submitted to Perth and Kinross Council for approval.

Planning approval has been granted for a 23-unit affordable housing development for Link Group at Kilsyth Road in Kirkintilloch.

Mull and Iona Community Trust (MICT) and Ulva School Community Association (USCA) have been given the green light to build four affordable homes at Ulva Ferry on the Isle of Mull. MICT and USCA have appointed The Wee House Company to build the new homes. The construction of the homes is the cul

Developers have been warned to get in touch with Scottish Forestry before felling trees or risk penalties ranging from hefty fines to losing the chance to build on a site for up to 10 years.

Barratt Homes has donated and fundraised over £6,800 to help local initiatives across the east of Scotland. From January to June, the Edinburgh School Uniform Bank, PlayMidlothian, Cramond Playgroup, Social Bite, Edinburgh Women’s Aid and Ashlee’s Neuroblastoma Appeal all received

A rock stolen from a public park has been returned because "bad things have been happening" since it was taken.

Moira Murdoch has been promoted to commercial director at akp Scotland, taking a seat at the board of the company. The principal contractor has promoted the long-serving commercial manager after more than ten years at the firm.

New proposals have been submitted for the refurbishment of Poundland’s B-listed building in the centre of Elgin which has been clad in scaffolding for over two years.

Former Cruden Estates director Dan Donald, now a trustee for homelessness charity Simon Community Scotland, reveals how a career in construction is shaping a few of the charity’s recent successes. Why did you get involved with the Simon Community in the first place?

Businesses across almost all sectors in Scotland are experiencing further distress despite the support schemes implemented by the government to help combat the economic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to insolvency firm Begbies Traynor.  The country’s beleaguered hotels, bars a

With 71% of all digging work being preceded by an online search the state of the UK’s infrastructure, the sector is now safer than ever before, a new report has found. The third iteration of the Digging Up Britain report was launched this week, looking at the state of UK excavation work, the v

A planning application has been submitted to transform a vacant site between Bearsden Road and Crow Road in Anniesland.

Scotland will struggle to reach its net zero carbon targets unless Holyrood takes a swift and stronger grip on planning policy surrounding the deployment of taller turbine models, as well as a permissive approach to repowering of first-generation onshore windfarms with the latest technology, writes&

Modern methods of construction and modular housing (MMC) will increasingly help deliver the new homes of the future, according to a new report from Savills.