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Dundee City Council has granted planning permission for the city’s newest community centre. The new Menzieshill Community Centre, packed with adaptable, community friendly features, will be built in front of the existing community facilities in Orleans Place, to the south of Charleston Drive.

A Glasgow based demolition contractor has been fined after a worker fell to their death from a mezzanine deck during a demolition project in Edinburgh. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard how, on 15 January 2015, an employee of Walker Demo Limited died 10 days after he fell while dismantling a mezzanine d

Shona McCusker Shona McCusker looks at two recent cases highlighting the difficulties in practice with payment and pay less notices.

Pete Redfern Taylor Wimpey has delivered a confident trading statement for the second half of its financial year with sales growing and further growth expected next year.

The Scotland Build expo, taking place at the SEC Glasgow (22nd & 23rd November) is FREE TO ATTEND and will be like a Who's Who of the construction, architecture, property and engineering industries. Attendees include Balfour Beatty, Kier Construction, Scottish Government, Robertson Group, Transp

Business Fives, Scotland’s national business five-a-side tournament moves indoor once more for its winter season. The tournament has welcomed over 280 companies to its football and golf events raising over £30,000 for charities throughout Scotland since launching a year and a half ago and is plan

UK’s largest hydrogen cell installation arrives at new AECC The largest hydrogen fuel cell installation in the UK has arrived at the under-construction Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC).

A building constructed in rural Kirkcudbrightshire in the early 1900s, which was designed to look like a castle for a herd of 12 cows, is to be converted into holiday apartments under new plans. The landmark building fell into serious disrepair and was placed on the Buildings at Risk register more t

Bryan Galloway, Stewart Milne Group’s new construction director for central Scotland Bryan Galloway has been appointed as Stewart Milne Group’s new construction director for central Scotland as part of its drive to deliver more than 500 homes in the region year-on-year.

Victoria Brambini Procurement partnership Scape Group has published details of its National Civil Engineering and Infrastructure framework, which includes the creation of a dedicated £400 million lot specifically for the public sector in Scotland.

The first Adina Apartment Hotel in the UK has been earmarked for Glasgow city centre following Mosaic Architecture + Design’s resubmission of a planning application for a hotel at 249 West George Street. While Mosaic already has planning consent for converting the existing office building at this

Output in the UK construction industry fell by 1.6% during September to record consecutive quarterly contractions for the first time in five years. Data published today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that construction output contracted by 0.9% in the three months to September 2

CALA Homes (West) has submitted a planning application to Stirling Council for a proposed housing development in Kippen. The housebuilder is proposing a development of 31 homes on the Oakwood site, which is allocated for housing in the adopted Stirling Local Development Plan 2014.

Developers behind the bid to turn Edinburgh's Old Royal High School into a hotel have enlisted a former advisor to Donald Trump as an appeal was lodged against the decision to deny them planning permission. Councillors unanimously rejected the application to transform the A-listed building on Calton

Scottish timber processing and distribution company Thornbridge Sawmills Limited has entered into a partnership with Cairngorm Capital LLP to support its development as a leading UK player in this sector. Thornbridge sources certified timber and sheet materials from sustainable producers both domest