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The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has blamed rising costs and continued uncertainty over Brexit for a drop in construction output. Latest construction output figures for October 2018 published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show a small decline of 0.2%, compared with the previous

Housing, care and property management group Wheatley has secured a ground-breaking investment of £76.5 million that will enable it to build hundreds of new affordable homes. The 25-year debt funding deal provided by Scottish Widows, through its partnership with the Bank of Scotland’s Rea

The £9 million transformation of one of Scotland’s oldest and most historic concert halls was revealed at the weekend as Aberdeen Music Hall re-opened its doors. The complex renovation has restored much of the concert hall’s original features and created new public areas with impro

Saint-Gobain businesses Jewson and Frazer have been appointed as suppliers of road maintenance materials to all councils in Scotland through a Scotland Excel framework. The Scotland Excel Framework is a group which extracts maximum value for the 32 councils across Scotland by harnessing their buying

New principles to improve the corporate governance of large private companies have been developed by a coalition established by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) under the leadership of building firm Wates Group. Launched today, the new code was drawn up by chairman James Wates CBE to provide a

Specialist flooring company Integrated Flooring Technologies (IFT) was presented with a prestigious award for its work on the new £140 million Macallan Distillery. The company won the Large Industrial Project of the Year category at the FeRFA Awards, which showcase the best in the resin floori

A grassroots campaign working to save the two storey sandstone block on Leith Walk has unveiled its own vision of how the block could be developed rather than demolished.  Last week developer Drum Property Group submitted revised design proposals in support of its planning application to transf

Land value taxation could help deliver Scotland’s land reform objectives and raise revenue in a more progressive way, according to a new report. With a total estimated value of around £5 trillion, or just over half of the total net worth of the UK, land is the most valuable asset in the

Glasgow-based mechanical and electrical services contractor Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd has been awarded its latest education contract in what is becoming a key sector for the fledgling company.

Pupils, teachers and local councillors in Airdrie have celebrated key milestones at the sites of two new joint campus primary schools which are being delivered by Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure. The first school taking shape on Petersburn Road will provide a new home for Petersburn

The ground has officially broken at Carskeoch Drive, Patna, where CCG (Scotland) Ltd is building 19 new homes for rent for strategic partner East Ayrshire Council. The site, which was previously occupied by Patna Resource Centre, will deliver high quality, energy efficient homes in a range of sizes

Homebuilder CALA Homes (North) Ltd has welcomed two talented university graduates to its Westhill team. Gemma Rickaby and Katie McGill, both 22, secured their jobs through CALA’s two-year graduate scheme and are now firmly part of the homebuilder’s sales and marketing, and land and plann

Staff at a new care home put out the welcome mat for the arrival of its first resident today, none other than Glasgow retail tycoon, Gerald Weisfeld.

Three-dimensional traffic calming measures are to be piloted in Singapore. Adopted from Japan, the 3D markings are intended to encourage motorists to reduce their speed because of the perceived narrower lane width.

Scotland Excel has published the Invitation to Participate (ITP) for its four-year New Build Residential Construction Framework – and companies now have five weeks to submit their request to participate. The ITP for the framework, which is the organisation’s largest ever contract opportu