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A new national contract to help Scotland’s councils source power tools has gone live with eight companies announced as suppliers. Scotland Excel’s supply and delivery of power tools framework went live recently, with six Scottish companies among the supplier list, and another supplier set to ser

Dundee’s new £38 million railway station officially opened its doors for the first time today. Passengers were joined by minister for public health and sport Joe FitzPatrick MSP, Lord Provost Ian Borthwick and representatives from Dundee City Council, contractors Balfour Beatty, suppliers and ope

Construction work has been completed on the new £32 million West Calder High School in West Lothian. The keys to the state-of-the-art building were handed over to West Lothian Council on June 29 by developer hub South East and main contractor Morrison Construction.

(from left) New SELECT MD Darrell Matthews, president Kevin Griffin, vice president Kenny Duncan and immediate past president Eric Rae Scotland’s electrotechnical campaigning trade body SELECT has recorded another year of successful awareness raising, outreach and training initiatives at its AGM.

Dundee city development committee convener Lynne Short and deputy convener Mark Flynn celebrating Dundee’s Northern Links project being shortlisted for the competition A total of 10 active travel proposals from eight local authorities have been successful in the first phase of judging of Sustrans

Webster Homes launches new Gairneybank development near Kinross Webster Homes has announced the launch of a new development at Gairneybank, near Kinross.

Scientists at the National University of Singapore have announced the launch of a 3D printed project to accelerate the production of toilet units to improve sanitation in India. The university’s Centre for Additive Manufacturing (AM.NUS) hoped its AM.NUS Construction 3D Printing Programme will acc

Project delays and “challenges in the Aberdeenshire housing market” has resulted in Highland building companies Deveron Homes Limited and Deveron Construction Limited being placed into administration. The privately-owned firms operate two service lines from their headquarters in Huntly, comprisi

The Carnegie Library and Galleries in Dunfermline The value of hub East Central Scotland community infrastructure across Perthshire, Tayside, Forth Valley and Fife has grown to £617 million, of which £340m is now open and operational, according to the organisation’s latest annual report.

(from left) GHA chair Bernadette Hewitt, EIB vice president Jonathan Taylor, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Wheatley Group Board member Jo Armstrong Wheatley Group has unveiled £185 million of new funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to help build and improve thousands of affordable

(from left) Philippe Schaus, CEO of parent company Moët Hennessy; Marc Hoellinger, CEO and President of The Glenmorangie Company, and Mike Horner of Blyth + Blyth engineering consultancy Highland distillery Glenmorangie has broken ground on a new still house as part of a multi-million-pound expansi

Patrick Arends Design and architecture practice HLM has appointed Patrick Arends as head of hospitality, leisure & culture.

Efforts to attract private inward investment to Scotland’s infrastructure sector could be given a significant boost through the adoption of new global construction standards, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). RICS states that adopting International Construction Measur

Inverness Airport has been identified as the preferred location for a proposed remote towers control centre for seven regional airports. Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) said a scoping study from consultants Ekos, setting out why Inverness should be the preferred location, has been acce

After a public competition, Ayrshire Housing has selected six well known architects to its new framework. The architects will support its ambitions for growth over the next four years.