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Queen’s Park Football Club’s plans for a 1,700-seater stadium at Lesser Hampden in Glasgow have been granted planning permission. The site adjacent to Hampden Park will now be upgraded to a league-standard stadium complete with a new 812-capacity East Stand and an extended West Stand wit

Construction materials supplier Breedon has reached an agreement to buy certain UK assets and operations of global firm Cemex for a total consideration of £178 million.

Annette Keay from Cumbernauld-based construction business Indeglas outlines why the firm has signed up to the Disability Confident scheme. When we heard about the Disability Confident scheme, it just made sense to sign up. As a place to work, Indeglas has always focused on creating an inclusive envi

A new firm of building and quantity surveyors plus project managers has been launched in Glasgow, building on a business heritage that spans more than 55 years. CRGP Surveyors has been established by two former directors of CRGP Ltd in a move designed to boost growth and allow spread into new busine

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has urged its members in Scotland to take part in the Scottish Government’s consultation about the practice of cash retentions. The trade body hopes this will lead to landmark legislation putting an end to this perennial issue and provide an

Eildon has obtained planning permission for revised proposals for Tweedbridge Court in Peebles.

Plans have been submitted to transform a dilapidated Montrose textile factory into 26 flats for social rent. The former Chapel Works, also known as Paton’s Mill, was founded in 1795 as a linen and rope works and has been on the buildings at risk register for a number of years after closing in

Work is set to begin to bring the Stow Rail Station House back into community use.

Fife Council has given a boost to proposals for a large housing development planned for Lochgelly as developers Omnivale Limited were told that a separate environmental impact assessment (EIA) is not necessary.

Glasgow-based construction firm City Building has added to its ever-growing trophy case after winning 14 awards in 2019.

A building brick made from 90% recycled construction and demolition waste has been launched by a spin-out company from Heriot-Watt University. The K-Briq produces just a tenth of the CO2 emissions of a traditional fired brick, uses less than a tenth of the energy in its manufacture and can be made i

Nursing students at the University of Dundee have always had a thirst for knowledge, but now their appetites can also be satisfied following the opening of a new social space. A £500,000 refurbishment of the University’s School of Nursing and Health Sciences campus in Kirkcaldy has been

A strange building in Bristol appears to be no more than a couple of feet in depth, thanks to an optical illusion.

MPACT Group has made a strategic appointment to its senior ranks ahead of what is shaping up to be a very busy year for the building services specialist. Harry Grandison joins the Loanhead-based firm from fit-out and refurbishment firm GHI of Bellshill. In his new role as senior fabric estimating ma

Plans for a metro connection between Glasgow Airport and Paisley have moved forward following a funding deal was agreed between Glasgow City Council and Renfrewshire Council.