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Rosefield Mills ©Kerr Martin Local building conservation group Dumfries Historic Building Trust (DHBT) has secured funding to begin the process that will save one of Dumfries’ favourite buildings from further neglect and possible demolition.

Dundee housing development could resurrect old street name A street name that disappeared when two Dundee multi storey blocks were built could be resurrected if councillors back the move next week.

Builders across London will be getting more free bacon butties thanks to a local radio station. Fix Radio, a station for tradespeople and builders in the city, is to resume its Fix Radio Bacon Butty Tour from January.

CCG (Scotland) Ltd is preparing for further growth after reporting a strong year with turnover exceeding £134 million – up 18% on 2016’s figures. Profit before taxation at the Glasgow-based construction and manufacturing group also significantly increased on the previous year to over £4.3m.

The Citizens Theatre Company is to move out of its historic home in the Gorbals next summer for two years while the theatre undergoes a £19.4 million redevelopment. The building, which is leased by Citizens Theatre Company from Glasgow City Council, needs to close to allow builders to move on-site

Barratt Homes has started work to deliver a new community on the site of the former Scottish Power headquarters in Cathcart, Glasgow. The Riverside @ Cathcart development is set to include apartments, homes and expansive green spaces.

McMullen Facades is to work alongside Laing O’Rourke and BDP to deliver an £11m façade contract for The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust’s new specialist hospital in Liverpool Lakesmere’s specialist facade division McMullen Facades Limited has followed its parent group into a

Following the resignation of Neil Baxter from the position as secretary and treasurer of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS), fellow architect Gordon Gibb tells Scottish Construction Now that Baxter deserves recognition as a champion of Scottish architecture over his ten-year t

Dawn Moore heads Morgan Sindall's Returnships programme People wishing to return to the construction and infrastructure sector following a voluntary career break have been offered a lifeline as part of a Returnships programme initiated by Morgan Sindall.

Progress is being made on the V&A and Railway Station buildings The expanding range of development opportunities across Dundee and Dundee Waterfront are to be promoted to the global investor community with the launch of a new investors pack next week.

A new canal side housing and commercial development planned for the Fountainbridge area of Edinburgh The total value of commercial property transactions in Scotland fell for the third quarter in a row this year, according to analysis conducted by the Scottish Property Federation (SPF).

Inverclyde Council has lodged a planning application to remodel a 170 year old building at Greenock Cemetery. Originally located in Wellpark in Greenock when it was built in 1846, Ivy House was moved to the cemetery in 1852 to be used as a lodge for workers.

Cruden Building director Gordon Lee and Wendy Kilshaw who has just completed the latest Learning Works course Opportunities for jobless people to learn new skills have been given a £5,000 boost from generous construction firm Cruden Building.

Cube launches its new-build development in Main Street, Bonhill New life for former school site as work starts on 75 new homes

A live broadcast of the demolition of a stadium in the United States was ruined when a bus pulled up and blocked the view. The Georgia Dome stadium in Atlanta was razed to the ground yesterday and the Weather Channel set up a camera to catch the historic 80,000-seat arena’s final moments.