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Falkirk Council has granted planning permission for the long-awaited restoration of a famous local distillery. The £12 million project will see the Rosebank chimney retained along with other historically significant buildings, while the distillery itself will be a contemporary design and run o

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has joined forces with the Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) in a milestone partnership. The partnership agreement creates a shared action plan to work with construction businesses across England, Scotland and Wales to improve the image of the sect

A Mactaggart & Mickel site manager from Ayr has been named Supreme Award runner-up in the UK finals of NHBC Pride in the Job Awards. Stuart Gillespie scooped the runner-up title in the Medium Builder category for his exceptional management of the Greenan Views development in Ayr. Stuart has

A tenant of commercial premises which challenged an independent surveyor’s determination of the revised rent payable to the landlord has had its action dismissed as “incompetent”. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that that the court had “no jurisdiction” as the par

Leading architects, designers and builders are to partner with researchers at The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) to develop a specific Scottish approach to Passivhaus. The Mackintosh Environmental Architecture Research Unit (MEARU) at GSA, together with John Gilbert Architects, Stewart & Shields an

The Scottish Government has issued a ‘call for evidence’ into the extent of substandard electrical installations in Scotland and the risks posed to the general public. Minister for business, fair work and skills, Jamie Hepburn, who last week hosted a Working Group on the issue, is asking

The judicial review into Aberdeen Football Club's plans for a new stadium begins today. The club intends to replace their current home of Pittodrie with a 20,000-seater stadium and training complex on the other side of the city at Westhill.

As part of its commitment to help with employability in Scotland, Uddingston-based civil engineering firm Story Scotland is up-skilling local residents in a bid to help them to re-enter the world of employment. Story Scotland, which is a business division of infrastructure company Story Contracting,

Real estate company Savills has made two new senior appointments at the top of its Scottish business. Cameron Ewer has been promoted from head of Glasgow residential to lead the Scottish residential division and Hugo Struthers has moved up from head of rural professional services to lead Savills Sco

Housebuilder Barratt Developments has launched a community fund in Scotland to improve and support the lives of local communities in and around its developments. The Barratt and David Wilson Homes Community Fund will donate a total of £3,000 each month to three different charities or organisat

CALA Homes (West) and Taylor Wimpey West Scotland have released the first homes for sale at the new Maidenhill community in Newton Mearns. Maidenhill will see 834 new homes created in the affluent town of Newton Mearns, as well as a new primary school, surrounded by plenty of green space for familie

Denmark has started building a 70km (43-mile) fence along its border with Germany in an effort to control the migration of wild boar, the BBC has reported. African swine fever has been found in two dead wild boar in Belgium and has led to fears that Denmark's huge pig industry could be threatened.

Forty-five workers employed by Glasgow construction and fit-out company Pacific Building Ltd have started the New Year in new roles as joint owners of the business. Managing director and majority shareholder, Brian Gallacher, said the decision to move to employee ownership was taken to lay the found

Newly-formed Linear Design & Construct (LDC) has announced significant appointments to its core team as it looks to establish a foothold in the principal contracting marketplace. John Gilchrist MCIOB brings 13 years of construction industry experience, the past nine of which were with Kier Scotl

ISG has further strengthened its senior leadership team with a trio of appointments to its statutory Board. The existing four-strong Board will be bolstered as Jane Falconer and Matt Blowers are promoted to chief human resources officer and chief operating officer for fit out respectively.