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A Renfrewshire company is celebrating a major award win after a restoration of the historically-important Winnington Swing Bridge in north west England.

Plans have been submitted for a mixed-use addition to Currie main street involving the demolition of a disused commercial unit for the erection of new premises below six flats.

Banks Property’s detailed planning application for up to 100 new homes in Rosewell has now been approved by Midlothian Council. Once completed, the 4.9-hectare 'Doctor's Field' site, to the north east of Rosewell, will have a mix of homes ranging from one-bedroom apartments to four-bedroom det

Calmont Group has unveiled plans to build 79 apartments in a seven-storey build-to-rent block on Wishart street near Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the Necropolis cemetery.

West Lothian Council has approved plans for a new housing development in the village of Kirknewton Developer CC Drummond learned on March 1 that planning permission in principle has been granted for 48 new residential units.

Plans have been unveiled for 65 news flats in Edinburgh as construction is set to begin later this year.

Campaigning trade association SNIPEF has welcomed an in-depth report published by the Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) which is aimed at helping public bodies make decisions on where public funding in construction gives the highest economic returns to help support a gre

Continued disruption to Scotland’s offshore wind sector risks the loss of billions of pounds of long-term investment and Scotland's vital 2045 climate change target, Scottish Renewables has warned. The Scottish Government has halted a plan to lease areas of seabed - which was already 14 months

New energy efficiency training funding has been made available for people resident in Scotland who have lost their jobs or are at risk of redundancy as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Energy Skills Partnership (ESP) will be distributing funding through the National Transition Training Fund (N

Scottish glamping site design consultancy Glampitect has opened its first office in Dubai. Set up 18 months ago by friends Calum MacLeod and Alisdair Young, the international expansion comes after a remarkable period of growth for the market-leading Edinburgh-based business.

The promise of affordable idyllic island life awaits ten lucky householders as a new neighbourhood nears completion on the Isle of Bute.

A leading female engineer has called for an end to the longstanding practice on Chinese construction sites of banning women from entering tunnels because it is believed they bring bad luck and trigger their collapse.

The construction industry will require the equivalent of 22,500 new roles to be created by 2028 to ensure the Scottish Government’s commitment to achieving Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 is on track, according to a new report by the Construction Industry Training Board (CI

Plans to deliver 100,000 affordable homes over the next decade are set out today in a document that outlines Scotland’s first long-term housing strategy.

Glasgow construction firm City Building has appointed a new executive director to drive forward the organisation as it seeks to take a growing share of the renewables sector. Alan Burns, formerly depute director, replaces Dr Graham Paterson, who has retired from the business, along with Sharon McGra